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Ewan Dobson: Ewan Dobson III
by C. Michael Bailey
Guitarist Ewan Dobson did not so much emerge from the house that Leo Kottke, John Fahey and Peter Lang built as construct his own wing and take command of it. Somewhere in that house, close to the Dobson wing, the spirit of Michael Hedges lurks, speaking from his portrait, encouraging the walls to be more percussive in their guitar playing. The Canadian Dobson is the evolutionary manifestation of all virtuoso acoustic guitarists who came before him. Rightly, Paganini looms large ...
read moreAntoine Dufour: Sound Pictures
by C. Michael Bailey
Superhuman acoustic guitar playing was de rigueur for the New Age music of the 1980s and '90s, though personality often suffered at the expense of technical ability. Only a few artists:, such as Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges were able to float as cream to the top of a pile of wannabes, all who could play perfectly, but with absolutely no spirit. On Antoine Dufou's fifth solo CD, Sound Pictures the guitarist plays his own composition, “Spiritual ...
read moreDean Magraw Trio: Unseen Rain
by Darren Jensen
Guitarist Dean Magraw is what some would call a “character" in the twin cities music scene of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has crossed many genres over the years, from Irish to Americana, free jazz to gypsy swing, experimental jam to neo-classical folk. His onstage antics and demeanor are satirical, often seeming as though he knows something that the audience does not yet know...and may never find out. One thing is certain: his sound, through all these styles, ...
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