FESTIVAL 2012

January 6th through the 29th

Lee Ranaldo, Kaki King, My Brightest Diamond, Keller Williams, Dan Zanes and Califone premier scores for silent films by Buster Keaton... a 30th anniversary of Brian Eno's tribute to the NASA moon landings... an Italian Guitar Marathon. . . and much more. 

 

Since 1999, the New York Guitar Festival has explored virtually every aspect of the guitar’s musical personality, presenting many of the world’s most distinctive and influential guitarists at venues including Carnegie Hall, The 92nd Street Y, Merkin Concert Hall, Joe’s Pub, Barbes, (le) Poisson Rouge, and The World Financial Center Winter Garden. Performers have included: Pepe Romero, The Assad Duo, Vernon Reid, Andy Summers, Daniel Lanois, David Torn, Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Zanes, Bill Frisell, Sonny Landreth, Cindy Cashdollar, Taj Mahal, Leo Kottke, Kaki King, Bryce Dessner, Justin Vernon, and surprise guests Bruce Springsteen, Levon Helm + Emmylou Harris.

100 Greatest Guitarists?

Tim Brookes’s 100 Great Guitarists Who Weren’t on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time List.  read on
Tim Brookes’s 100 Great Guitarists Who Weren’t on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time List

Bon Iver Meets Chaplin

NYGF commissioned Justin Vernon + Chris Rosenau to create scores for two Charlie Chaplin classics.  read on
Chris Rosenau’s thoughts on scoring Charlie Chaplin’s “One A.M.” and “Easy Street”

Paul O'dette Interview

A Conversation with Grammy Award-winning lutenist and Baroque guitarist Paul O’dette.  read on
A Conversation with lutenist Paul O’dette

ALT GUITAR SUMMIT

Joel Harrison on his curatorial approach for the 2012 Alternative Guitar Summit  read on
Joel Harrison on his curatorial approach for the 2012 Alternative Guitar Summit