Performer, teacher, luthier. Daniel LaBrash has, over the last few decades, become a master of all three.
He has shared his love of the guitar with countless students, and has accompanied many a bride down the isle with his incredible arrangements. His hand built guitars are more than just stringed instruments, they are beautiful pieces of [...]
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This is a new song from 16 year old, Christoffer Brandsborg of Norway. Christoffer will have his debut CD out in a few months, released on “Classic Concert Records”. This song is a fun bit of tapping played in a FACFCF tuning. If you like what you hear, and would like to check out more [...]
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In my opinion, the guitar community needs more female talent. Meet Ms. Merel van Hoek. Born and raised in the Netherlands. She started playing the guitar when she was thirteen years old. She’s a self-taught guitarist with high ambition. She fell in love with fingerstyle guitar at the age of fourteen after seeing Tommy Emmanuel play Blue Moon. Since then she has practised [...]
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July 28th, 2011, (Williamsburg, VA) –Acoustic guitarist Mark Kroos took first place in Guitar Player Magazine’s 2011 International Guitar Superstar Competition on July 23rd in Nashville. Mark and five other competitors each performed one original composition in front of renown guitar judges Muriel Anderson, Reeves Grabrels, Carl Verheyen and host Larry Carlton. Mark took the [...]
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This is Ivan’s second time on Lick My Axe. His fiery compositions are a good reminder that we are no where near to scratching the surface of what you can do with a guitar. He has played with such greats as: Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, and the late great Les Paul. Check out: http://www.ivanmihaljevic.com/ for tour [...]
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Nineteen year old Dhruv Visvanath from New Delhi India, is a self taught guitarist that plays in the percussive style that has become so well known with Candyrat artists like Andy Mckee and Antoine Dufour.
Dhruv started his musical journey at the age of eight, and in a short time become well versed on the piano, [...]
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Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world. In September 1996, he managed to do what no other player has done: win the prestigious U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship for the second time (he first won in 1988). The competition, held yearly [...]
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Mark Kroos, acoustic guitarist from Williamsburg, VA plays 2 guitar necks at the same time. He’s been on a constant tour of the US for the past year, giving clinics and concerts just about every other night. Mark released his debut instrumental album, “And Grace Will Lead Me Home” in January of 2010 which has [...]
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If you haven’t seen the Marc Atkinson Trio, I highly recommend that you do. The first time I was treated to this trio was at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2010. That show is still fresh in my mind. From start to finish Marc and the boys had the audience eating from their talented hands. Each [...]
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