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MARIO PARGA – Shadows & Light

October 17, 2025

MidnightCafe 2025 Searching for existential truths, American guitarist finds resonant grandeur in the contrast between silken-soft lace and diamond-solid riffs. Life’s not been easy for in the last two decades. His sophomore solo album, from 2007, was pregnant with instrumental … Continue reading →

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RANDY ARMSTRONG – Echoes Of Tomorrow

September 27, 2025

UMP 2025 New Hampshire harvester of harmonies harnesses the future with understated guitar grandeur. Approaching his sixtieth year as a recording artist, this American master of six strings may have accrued quite a few accolades, and his exploration of new … Continue reading →

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TASSOS SPILIOTOPOULOS – Anamnesis: Compositions For Electric Guitar

February 4, 2025

Anelia 2025 Reassessing his past, Stockholm master of cold strings defrost a few artifacts of yore and finds fresh facets of familiar lore. Guitarists are a strange breed: first, they strum a tune to flesh it out and sophisticate, and … Continue reading →

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ED RAWLINGS – A Foolish Inconsistency

December 8, 2024

Ed Rawlings 2024 Picking up the pieces from four-decade cache, Californian six-stringer rides the crest of a wave. A mainstay of San Franciscan music scene, Ed Rawlings seemed to have missed a lot of chances to strike on his own, … Continue reading →

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TOM SALVATORI – La Bella Vita

November 11, 2024

Salvatori Productions 2024 Locating his place between the past and the future, Illinoisian master of six-string lace embraces the vibe of lullabies. There’s a fine line between playing a tune that’s supposed to get the audience to sleep and not … Continue reading →

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