The joy of publishing Guitar Moderne has always been the discovery of new guitarists with evocative tone, fresh ideas, and inspiring new sounds. When I started, I had to find them by spending hours mining YouTube. Now the magazine has grown to where they find me. The French guitarist Imagho A/K/A JL Prades contacted me, looking for feedback on his music. From the first tune on his Bandcamp compilation I was hooked. His mood drenched, layered guitars conjured a Bill Frisell influenced more by the French romantic composers than American roots.
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