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RM Hubbert to launch latest album Thirteen Lost & Found with the help of some famous friends

RM Hubbert launches album Thirteen Lost & Found with friends

Aidan Moffat, Alex Kapranos and more to join in at Stereo show

6 Jan 2012

RM Hubbert’s debut album First & Last was more than just an instrumental record by a talented Glaswegian guitarist. Far from a commercial stepping-stone, the record was rather the result of Hubbert’s attempts to document a tumultuous three-year period…

Slash

Slash's 'sloppier' sound

Music Gossip

4 Jan 2012

Slash's musicianship may be "sloppier" on his next album. The former Guns N' Roses star is returning to the studio with his backing band to complete work on his second solo album, and is going for an as-live sound. He told Total Guitar magazine…

Arctic Monkeys

Matt Helders learning to play guitar

Music Gossip

18 Dec 2011

Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders is learning to play the guitar. The drummer is taking some time off from touring and recording over the festive period, and is planning to devote some time to learning a new instrument and master a few riffs. He…

Slash

Slash recording second solo album

Music Gossip

5 Oct 2011

Slash will start recording his second solo album this weekend. The legendary ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist has 17 songs ready to take to the studio and already has blisters on his fingers from all the practice he's been putting in. In a series of…

Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch set for 2011 Edinburgh Festival date

Returning folk hero, pal of Neil Young and Devendra Banhart

16 Aug 2011

One of the great acoustic guitarists, Bert Jansch comes to Edinburgh fresh from an American tour with Neil Young and a London show with folk-jazz supergroup The Pentangle. Jansch has been doing an annual Festival show since the mid-90s, touching base…

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John Williams, John Etheridge
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Two of the world’s greatest guitarists – John Williams, one the most celebrated classical guitarist of his generation, and John Etheridge, a luminary of jazz and blues guitar – unite for an eclectic concert fusing jazz, folk, world and classical music. They have collaborated for over a decade, combining their contrasting styles into a fascinating mix. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors.
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22 Aug 11am The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
John Hunt Four O'Clock Afternoon Blues and Swing
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John Hunt / 21st Century Blues Legends. Returning from last year's full-house run. 'Hunt, the master of slide-guitar. John has mojo. He launches into a gritty number, a priest, who bribed by cheese and beer, tried to baptise him on the Isles of Scilly, and a funky version of Got You Under My Skin' ★★★★ (Scotsman). 'Boogie-boss blues legend, Hunt, builds cannibalised guitars. Alongside his famous papier-mache guitar, Hunt has developed a guitar with a built-in solar-powered PA' ★★★…
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4 Aug–26 Aug Fri–Sun 4–5pm The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Medieval and Spanish Blues: Guitar and Song
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Claude Bourbon. Claude Bourbon grew up in Switzerland, where he was classically trained. This finger picking guitarist has performed and studied all over the world. He has crafted an unbelievable fusion of classical and jazz, with ethereal Eastern influences, Spanish and Latin elements with strains of Western folk. 'This accomplished artist offers tender, compelling performance through highly developed precision. His sound instantly creates ambience - from haunting Spanish moods to lyrical…
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18 Aug 9pm Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides, Edinburgh