World's Most Expensive Instrument
$18 Million for the Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Jesu violin. Bids are up to 16 million now, but they thi..
Scott Tennant Interview
I found this cool interview with Scott Tennant over at classicalguitarblog.net. I wasn’t really look..
1937 Hermann Hauser
We just acquired an incredibly rare guitar – a 1937 Hermann Hauser I. Most of you already know that ..
Crazy Guitar
Last time I visited my good friend Stephen Hill in Spain, he was just in the middle of building this..
Antonio Rey Wins The XIX Cordoba Flamenco Competition
The winner in the Cante category was Anotonio Mejias, and no prize was given out for dance this year..
Mozart's Debts
Here’s a little more insight into Mozart’s financial situation – It’s always distressing to realize ..
Romeros Play Brandenburg #3
I had a recording of this when I was a kid and it’s still one of my favorite arrangements of anythin..
How To Change Nylon Strings
I’ve been looking for a video on changing strings for some of my beginning students – there are a lo..
Juan Carlos Romero - 'Sube La Marea'
Juan Carlos Romero has always been pretty brilliant. And it’s decidedly not your average flamenco vi..
Ralph Towner - Beppo
Bill Kanengiser’s ‘Icarus’ arrangement reminded me how great Ralph Towner is, so I thought I’d post ..
LAGQ - Icarus
I grew up listening to the Paul Winter Consort’s version of this tune, but once I got past the ‘this..
Eva La Yerbabuena
When I lived in Granada in the early 90’s, Eva was one of the up and coming young dancers. Since the..
More Segovia
Truth is, of course, that YouTube is unkind to the Maestro for obvious reasons. His fault, really, f..