L'âge d'or de la guitare fingerpicking africaine a eu lieu dans les années 50 et les années 60. Les grands joueurs et artistes de cette époque sont entre autre Jean Bosco Mwenda et Losta Abelo du Zaïre et George Mukabi du Kenya.Les guitaristes d'autres régions du monde ont rarement eu la chance d'apprendre leurs chansons et leurs techniques de jeu. Sur ce DVD John Low, qui a vécu, travaillé et étu…

Par . The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their w…

Joseph Spence was a virtuoso guitarist and master arranger in a style that was uniquely personal and yet caught the imagination of musicians around the world. He has been compared to the great blues masters the African acousticpioneers and Thelonious Monk and inspired such varied disciples as Ry Cooder Taj Mahal John Renbourn and David Lindley. As well as being a joy to play Spence’s arran…