July 2018

Steve Earle & The Dukes (& The Mastersons) at The Barbican, London

July 31, 2018
Posted by Luca
great guitarists, Guy Clark, Steve Earle
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30 Jul

Last night (July 29, 2018) the best came last. The main set ended and after a first encore (Ben McCullough and Dixieland), Steve came back on stage alone for the second and final encore. He started...

Guitars

Some Guitars You Just Don’t Need

July 24, 2018
Posted by Luca
great guitarists, great guitars, Rickenbacker
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24 Jul

Some Guitars You Just Don’t Need If you’re just setting out to learn to play the guitar, you do not need one of these: a Rickenbacker guitar. In fact, nobody needs one. But it’s not...

Music

Who Said Writing About Music is like Dancing About Architecture?

July 24, 2018
Posted by Luca
music lessons
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24 Jul

Much quoted, little understood, wrongly attributed, confusingly brilliant, that “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” is one of those quotes people just can’t get enough of. I always give it to Frank Zappa....