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LS Music

Fingerstyle guitarist and multi instrumentalist Luca Sirianni plays a diversity of music from pop and rock to jazz, he is also inspired by Brazilian/latin jazz and blues genres, and many of his compositions exhibit these influences. Luca’s own musical journey began in Southern Italy in a small town of the Calabria region, he moved to Florence in his teens, and later to London where he lived for several years before relocating to San Francisco In 2011.

Theo Spoelstra

Long time ago, in the 1980s, I spend many hours improvising on the classical guitar. I was deeply impressed by guitarists like Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin. I listened to their music almost daily. So my guitar playing was mostly inspired by these great guitarists. At one time my friends listened to my playing en recommended me to record the numbers on tape. So in the course of time there were 3 tapes of guitar music. However it remained just a hobby and as time passed by this hobby became in the background. After many years the tapes appeared to be so unique, that I decided to digitalise them. The music was never released before

Dan Moniz & The Bossa Ensemble

Dan’s journey from São Paulo, Brazil to Los Angeles, California has afforded him with ample opportunities to explore various genres and instruments; however, the guitar remains one of his favorites. Picking up the guitar at the age of six, thousands of chords have passed over his guitar in the past 24 years. Born in São Paulo, Dan moved to the United States when he was 16. Aside from Los Angeles, California where he now calls home, Dan has also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and San Francisco, California where he was able to immerse himself in the local music and cultures. His sounds vary, covering such genres as Flamenco, Middle Eastern, R&B, Funk, Boss nova, Bolero, Classical and Rock

Marcos Neves

Born: January 29, 1968

Marcos Neves: la voix suave qui vient d’Itapuã*... Né au sud-ouest de Bahia, Marcos Neves auteur compositeur brésilien débute sa carrière en 1990. Il se produit à c

Nick Reynolds

Born: July 27, 1933

Nick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad- striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio. The group helped drive the folk music revival that paved the way for such artists as Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary. The group's recording of the tragic 19th century folk ballad "Tom Dooley" went to No. 1 in 1958 and earned Reynolds and his partners Dave Guard and Bob Shane a Grammy Award for best country and western performance at the first Grammy ceremony

Nate Najar

Born: August 28, 1981

An accomplished guitarist-composer and Charlie Byrd devotee, nylon string fingerstyle player Nate Najar has distinguished himself as a talent worthy of recognition with his impressive output over the past ten years. On his latest trio recording, Blues for Night People: The Nate Najar Trio Remembers Charlie Byrd, the Florida-based guitarist pays tribute to an important role model with a collection of tunes either composed by or associated with the late, great guitarist. Najar also performs on Byrd’s own guitar, a 1974 Ramirez 1a nylon string classical guitar, the same guitar Andres Segovia used.

Accompanied by the veteran D.C.-based rhythm tandem of drummer Chuck Redd and bassist Tommy Cecil, Najar runs the gamut from alluring bossas and romantic ballads to urgent swingers and delicate, classically influenced numbers on his sixth outing as a leader

Daryl Shawn

Born: January 9, 1971

Composer, songwriter and improviser Daryl Shawn is a genre-hopping guitarist with an appetite for varied situations. Currently using the nylon-string guitar as his primary instrument, he weds his command of flamenco and classical techniques with a harmonic imagination grounded in jazz and the abandon of a rocker as he explores a wealth of solo and collaborative opportunities. He is an active composer for solo guitar, having written complete suites of music for two weddings (collected on his 2008 release "As Promised"), as well as a growing body of more experimental pieces. Building on his experience as a songwriter for twenty years in a variety of rock and pop bands, he released a full-length collection of solo vocal songs in 2007 and is writing for several upcoming releases featuring two different groups, plus another starring a stable of different vocalists. As active as he is as a writer and composer, Shawn is perhaps becoming best known as an improviser

Jo Wymer

Born: July 5, 1967

Freehold’s Best Kept Secret Since 2005 when they stepped into the local area music scene, Jo Wymer and the Itty Bitty Band have become a respected, skillful, musical partnership of songwriting, musicianship, and superior live performance. Jo Wymer (a resident of Freehold, NJ - a town known for producing some prominent musicians) leads this collaboration and has been making a name for herself, as well as her Itty Bitty Band, all throughout the Mid-Atlantic States.

Phil Christie

The last song Phil Christie wrote for his new CD became its title and is the one that most defined it. Rearview Mirror with its images of “looking back and reflecting on love lost, love won, dreams unfulfilled and those dreams that may still yet come true” are a unifying thread throughout the recording’s ten tracks. The songs’ rich tones and storylines are enhanced by Doug Lancio’s (Patty Griffin, Gretchen Peters) atmospheric guitar style, Barry Walsh’s (Gretchen Peters) piano work and Bryn Davies on cello giving it touches of folk, Americana, country and rock. Produced by Christie at Nashville’s County Q Studios, where he recorded his 2002 Summerstown CD, he was also joined by Steve Sheehan on acoustic guitar, Paul Scholten on drums and percussion, Mike Joyce on bass and Perry Coleman on background vocals.

John Shaffer

Born: November 23, 1950

Late 1960’s - played trumpet as a member of the Gainesville Symphony. 1969 " worked with George Winston (Grammy winning pianist & co-founder of Windham Hill Records) 1969 " played with Scott McKenzie (If You’re Going to San Francisco…) 1971 " worked with Buddy Guy in NYC (Village Gaslight) 1974 " studied sitar, sarod, tabla with Ali Akbar Khan & Zakir Hussain (Marin County, California) 1976 " taught, worked & recorded with Glenn Jones & the Gospel Sensations (appeared on TV) 1977 " played with George Benson at the Omni in Atlanta 1977 " worked with Lenny Breau, Attila Zoller, Robert Conti, Jeff Berlin in Atlanta 1977 " gave a solo guitar demonstration for the founder (Bud Eastman) & staff of Guitar Player Magazine 1979 " moved to US Virgin Islands and created a “Jazz Scene” on St