#2645: New Acoustic Guitar

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Listen to balmy fingerstyle guitar shapes and patterns from South African guitarist Guy Buttery on this edition of New Sounds. Buttery also plays the mandolin and sitar, and together with special guest violinist Angus Kerr, and double bass, hear some of his acoustic experimental tone poems. Plus, treat yourself to the musical narrative of fellow fingerstyle player, the Italian Pino Forastiere, who falls in the Michael Hedges camp, with his tapping, muting, and alternate tunings. We'll also hear from New York's own Dominic Frasca, the inventive guitarist who builds his own instruments to have more than just 6 strings available to take on transcriptions and original works. And much more.

PROGRAM # 2645, music for acoustic guitars (First aired on 2/26/07)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Dominic Frasca	Deviations	Dometude [1:30]	Cantaloupe Music #21032** www.cantaloupemusic.com
Guy Buttery	Songs From the Cane Fields	Spontaneous Combustion [6:00]	GHR #002. www.oneworld.co.za
Dominic Frasca	Deviations	Dark Age Machinery [2:30]	See above.
Forastiere	Circolare	Dominic [7:00]	3 Lune Records www.forastiere.it
Dominic Frasca	Deviations	Metaclopromide [1:30]	See above.
Guy Buttery	Songs From the Cane Fields	December Poems [4:30] I Feel Like I’m Standing In The Rain [5:30]	See above.
Leo Kottke	Live	Airproofing [5:00]	On The Spot/Private Music, #5821322. Re-released on RCA Victor Amazon.com*
Michael Hedges	Aerial Boundaries	Aerial Boundaries [4:00]	Windham Hill #1032** www.windham.com *
Richard Leo Johnson	The Legend of Vernon McAlister	More Than All The Stars In The Sky [4:00]	Cuneiform #222. www.cuneiformrecords.com *
David Pritchard	Velocity	Pattern 6 [4:30]	Molecular Music #10014. www.morphicresonance- music.com

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