We have to admit that we weren’t aware of JWJ Guitars until a few months ago when luthier Rich Jones visited us at Guitarist HQ in order for us to sample his wares. Based in Shropshire, Jones began ...

The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of Peter Pupping, takes center stage for a captivating performance titled “A Latin Tinge.” The concert is scheduled for Saturday, June 1,at 7:30 p.m ...

The creative jazz guitarist Jim Hall died on Dec. 10, 2013. We remember Hall with a five-song introduction to his music by guitarist Rez Abbasi, originally published Dec. 1, 2009. The most difficult ...

Guitarists of all skill levels are invited to participate in the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra’s upcoming session. Photo courtesy www.encinitasguitarorchestra.com The Encinitas Guitar Orchestra spring ...

Oakland-based composer/guitarist Dren McDonald has released a new album, “Pterous,” on the new label, Appearing Records. His new work introduces the concept of a guitar orchestra with only one ...

His band is all strung out. A composer has tossed aside the traditional violins and clarinets and assembled an orchestra entirely of guitars. The music man said the all-string ensemble, coming to ...

Solana Beach resident Lisa Margolin-Feher has always been intrigued by the sounds of the guitar, for years imagining herself strumming chords every time she heard music featuring the instrument’s ...

Get ready music lovers for three evenings of guitar sounds as October rolls in. The Gorizia Guitar Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Claudio Pio Liviero, will tour Cyprus from Friday to Monday ...

The “more is better” philosophy isn’t always true, but for the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, that recipe has been a resounding success for more than 15 years. The Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra is a ...

Sensor-embedded trampolines, accelerometer-hacked guitars and robotic glockenspiels take center stage Thursday when the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra goes live in a Southern California concert.

The strings of the mandolin stretch across a century, and across an ocean, linking Kalamazoo to Italy. So mandolin virtuoso Carlo Aonzo can’t help but to have an affection for our town. Aonzo spoke ...

“The idea of a guitar orchestra came to me after having played in one at San Diego State University,” says Peter Pupping, director of the Encinitas Guitar Orchestra. “I soon realized that the ...