Jazz Articles about Martin Kirkegaard

Steel String Stories: Introducing Martin Kirkegaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
November 10, 2024

In the right hands, the acoustic guitar becomes a world of sound that transgresses the limitations of the instrument and the role as mere accompaniment. Genres become blurred and suddenly the strings start to sing instead of the troubadour. Or perhaps more correctly, the instrument becomes an extension of the guitarist, and the strings tell stories that seem to come out of everywhere and nowhere. Tradition is always there and at the same time, it is transgressed, ...