Reviewed By: Felix E. Martinez
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Capturing a steel string acoustic guitar performance is a tricky thing. Recording a performance is easier. There are many wonderful recordings of steel string guitarists, and most fall into one of two point-of-view camps: the audience or the guitar. Rare is the capturing of the fine line between the audience and the instrument. In fact, this elusive perspective is arguably one of the joys of playing guitar (or any instrument). During a performance, the artist enjoys a truly omniscient perspective, paradoxically becoming both the instrument and the audience. Perhaps this is what musicians call “the zone,” where one “channels,” rather than plays.
Peppino D’Agostino immigrated sixteen years ago to America to pursue his dream as a composer and performer. Those early days as a struggling street musician (and sometimes house painter and vegetable seller) in San Francisco now seem far behind. Since then, D’Agostino has released eight critically acclaimed albums, has composed a soundtrack for a major film, and is found on many guitar samplers, videos, and books with some of the leading guitarists of our time. His international touring schedule reaches from The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco to The Atrium in Prague, and from the Vancouver Festival in Canada to the Strawberry Music Festival in California. D’Agostino’s unique way of playing on the fretboard with the left hand while simultane ..... ...klik hier voor volledige liner notes Acoustic Guitar |
