Tom Sands and Daisy Tempest were guests at the annual RMMGA UK gathering in June 2019 and it was such a treat to meet them both. Not only does Tom make some of the most exquisite acoustic guitars that I’ve ever played, he’s also really fun to hang out with. We had a lovely conversation […]
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Julia and Christian Zielinski of ARTIS Guitar Duo
Julia and Christian Zielinski of ARTIS Guitar Duo were booked to play at the 20th Ullapool Guitar Festival in October 2019. They played a fantastic concert on the Friday night. And what a venue! The festival is held in the Macphail Centre in Ullapool and the theatre is quite intimate. Not to mention the fact […]
Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars
Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars had been on my radar for a while, so naturally I was jumping for joy when I heard that she was coming to the tenth annual gathering of the Acoustic Soundboard UK forum! I had played one of Rosie’s guitars before, so I knew that their quality was superb. But […]
Tristan Seume
Tristan Seume is one of the UK’s finest fingerstyle players and it was a real treat to hear his playing at the 2019 Ullapool Guitar Festival. I first met Tristan and heard his playing at the RMMGA gathering in Buxton in Derbyshire, UK back in 2007. He played one of the slots on the Friday […]
Jule Malischke
Interview with Jule Malischke at the Ullapool Guitar Festival in 2019
Rob Muir
Scots guitar player Rob Muir was over on Arran to play at the Douglas Hotel and in Crofters Music Bar. We hooked up on Sunday morning and went for a dogwalk in Lamlash. Rob talked about his career as a young musician around the Glasgow scene and working as a session musician and songwriter. Podcast […]