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Guitar Moderne Festival XXVIII and Test

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The season of festivals has begun. For those who are short of cash and/or hate crowds comes the latest virtual Guitar Moderne  Fesival. From the land of Raoul Bjorkenheim and Jimi Sumen comes a recent discovery for me, Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima, along with stalwarts Ava Menzoza, David Torn, and Tim Brady.

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Kalima-Steidle-Spallati live on Kaisersteg 2020

Klima Kalima are Living in a BOX #38 | live at Club Gretchen

Ava Mendoza / James Brandon Lewis / Devin Hoff | AFA On_Line Salon

David Torn & Sun of Goldfinger @ the Walnut Room 

Tim Brady – Instruments of Happiness – 100 guitares 2023 – Festival Int’l. de Jazz de Montréal

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David Torn with Don Cherry – Live at Empire Theatre, Paris 1979

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For a brief time, David Torn was a sideman for the legendary musician Don Cherry. “Don was encouraging me to do things I’ve been doing anyway, saying, ‘This is your shit, you’re not really a guitar player, don’t worry about the guitar, just make these sounds, do whatever you need to do.’”  As this video shows, forty-five years ago he was already Torn.

 

 

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André Cholmondeley: Modern Guitar Tech Extraordinaire

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André Cholmondeley has worked with some of the premier modern guitarist legends: Adrian Belew, David Torn, Pat Metheny, to name a few. Here is are a couple of great Rig Rundowns featuring guitarists who have been pushing the technology envelope for a long time.

hnology for a long time. The Metheny rundown includes Cholmondeley talking about some of Pat’s history with technology.

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Great Interview with Mike Baggetta

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There is a new YouTube channel that combines van life and guitar called Guitar Magic, with John Hammond interviewing guitar related people. His interview with Mike Baggetta offers insightful questions and answers. And here is a link to my own interview with this master of modern guitar.

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