Carmelo Catania: From Iconography to Reality
This is a fantastic discovery and story that I’ve kept under wraps for a year and a half...
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What a Harp Guitar Isn’t
Having written well over 10,000 words about what a harp guitar is, I wanted to add just a bit more...
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Museum of Making Music Harp Exhibit
Not harp guitars, but actual harps this time. Not remotely related, of course, other than our...
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McCollum Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 2
Continuing the last blog, I want to now discuss the “legend” of the Lance McCollum-Michael Hedges...
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McCollum’s Harp Guitar Legacy, Part 1
Today’s blog started out as a simple (and melancholy) story about one of the last harp guitars of...
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A Visit with Fred Walecki
Does everyone know Fred? It seems so, and he seems to know everyone in the music biz. The famous...
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Black History Month, Part 2: James Reese Europe and the Clef Club Orchestra
Man, talk about making it under the wire! I had to get this blog up today (the last day of...
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A Knutsen Almost-Centerfold
The other day I received in the mail a copy of Kamuke Ukulele Magazine from recent Australian...
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The Mandolone Basso a Mezza-Lira
Yes, it’s a giant Italian bass harp-mandolin! Three, actually…the pet project of one Antonio...
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Indonesian Custom Harp Guitar Craze!
You all remember Iwan Hasan from Jakarta, I expect…he’s the one-time student of John...
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