#2378: American Guitars

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

As part of this year’s WNYC American Music Festival, there’s music by Ingram Marshall on this edition of New Sounds. Listen to Marshall’s “Soe-pa” for solo guitar with electronic processing, written for Benjamin Verdery. Also, hear Verdery and fellow guitarist Andy Summers (formerly of The Police), recorded live at Joe’s Pub during the annual NY Guitar Festival. Next week at Carnegie Hall, Verdery and Summers perform the world premiere of a new concerto for electric and classical guitar composed for them by Ingram Marshall.

PROGRAM #2378, Music Delayed (First aired on Feb. 18, 2005)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Benjamin Verdery	Soepa	Ingram Marshall: Soepa [15:30]	Mushkatweek #200 Available at www.cdbaby.com Info at www.benjaminverdery.com
Andy Summers/Victor Biglione/Benjamin Verdery	New Sounds Live, NY Guitar Festival, Joe’s Pub 9/25/02	One Note Samba [5:00]	Not commercially available.
Ingram Marshall	Fog Tropes/Gradual Requiem	Gradual Requiem, Pts. 4&5 [11:00]	New Albion #002** www.newalbion.com*
Eve Beglarian	Private recording	Take Your Joy [5:00]	Not commercially available.
Joan LaBarbara	Sound Paintings	Klee Alee, excerpt [6:00]	Lovely Music #3001 www.lovely.com

*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page

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