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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A Visit with John Schneiderman
I’m catching up with news as I slowly work backward through my list here… At the very...
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Harp Guitar Modern Art: Then and Now
The title just gives me an excuse to present two new discoveries; what I recognized that they have...
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Black History Month, Part 1: African-American Harp Guitarists
Every time February rolls around and I see all the advertised “celebrate Black History Month”...
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Festival International de la Harpe Guitare
Another milestone that will go down in history – Europe’s first harp guitar festival! As...
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NAMM: January, 2013
This year’s visit to the Anaheim Convention Center (yesterday) for their annual...
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