Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
TalentTrove.com is a website that helps people share their talents with the world by letting them upload and broadcast their skills and talents in the form of audio and video files, images, or text. TalentTrove has partnered with Michael Kelly Guitars to sponsor the event.
What do you get besides bragging rights? For starters the winner will receive a Michael Kelly Patriot Custom electric guitar along with $500 bucks. The second place winner Michael Kelly Nostalgia 60SJCE acoustic guitar. Not too shabby for doing something we all love to do anyways – rip a face-melting guitar solo. Full story…
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
On the recommendation of a good friend, I headed into Mill Valley for Djangofest last night. The artist that was suggested to me was Stochelo Rosenberg – the famous gipsy Jazz guitar player that I was inclined to like just because he’s named Rosenberg. And he was good. Actually, he was great. But it was the opening act – the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet – that really knocked my socks off.
First, a note about Djangofest. It takes place every year in Mill Valley, California and for four nights soloists and bands come to play tribute to Django Reinhardt – generally considered the greatest gipsy Jazz guitar player of all-time. The show is really a treat. Not only does it take place in Mill Valley (one of the most wonderful towns in the world), but the musicians are excellent. And people really come out for this one. The house was packed last night. Read on for more about The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet.
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Tags: Django Reinhardt, Gonzalo Bergara, Gonzalo Bergara Quartet
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