FGH-0015: Interview with Stephan Bormann, Creative and Versatile World Traveler of Guitar
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Release Date: 04/02/2019
FGH 0026: Interview with Peppino D'Agostino - Transcendant Guitarist and Composer
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Summary, Episode 26: A native of Italy, D’Agostino has made his considerable international mark as a musical artist on the guitar since he arrived in America 37 years ago. In 2017 Guitar Player listed him as one of the 50 transcendent superheroes of the acoustic guitar. The CD, “Every Step of The Way,” was awarded by Acoustic Guitar’s People’s Choice Awards with a Bronze medal for Best Acoustic Album of All Time. His signature Seagull acoustic guitar has been voted among the ten best signature guitars by Guitar Player magazine. To date, Peppino has recorded 19 CD’s,...
info_outline
FGH-0025: Interview with Jon Gomm - Singer Songwriter and Fingerstyle Innovator
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Summary Episode 25: Jon Gomm is a singer songwriter considered to be one of the world’s true virtuoso guitarists possessing a unique style most elite musicians consider revolutionary. Jon was born and continues to live in the North of England. His songs are driven by his use of one acoustic guitar to create drum sounds, basslines and twisting melodies all at the same time with no external effects. The emphasis remains on his soulful vocals and songwriting with his original material influenced by everything from Robert Johnson to Radiohead. His live shows combine deeply personal performances...
info_outline
FGH-0024: Interview with First Rate German Acoustic Guitarist Thomas Fellow
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Thomas Fellow is a musician with an almost inexhaustible supply of innovative energy. He is a first rate acoustic guitarist,
info_outline
FGH-0023: Interview with Muriel Anderson - Multi-Dimensional Fingerstyle Champion
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Muriel Anderson is one of the more multi-dimensional guitarists on the
info_outline
FGH-0022: Interview with Billy McLaughlin - His Historic Comeback
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
For twenty years, Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences around the world with his complex and rhythmic music.
info_outline
FGH-0021: Interview with English Fingerstyle Guitarist Richard Smith
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Richard started playing the guitar at age 5 and has never looked back. Focusing early on with the fingerstyle guitar of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, he began transcribing classical music, Jazz, the gypsy style of Django Reinhardt, bluegrass, ragtime and the blues to Sousa marches.
info_outline
FGH-0020: Interview with Don Alder - Fingerstyle Champion, Composer and Vocalist
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Don Alder plays acoustic fingerstyle guitar with a passion that has quickly earned him a reputation as Vancouver’s “best kept little secret”. Don is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist with a “wow factor” that has let to multiple endorsement deals with major manufacturers and a collaboration with Greenfield guitars to produce a signature acoustic guitar- the “Don Alder G4” model.
info_outline
FGH-0019: Interview with Don Ross - 2 time National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion & Composer
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
In 1988, Don became the first Canadian to win the U.S. National Fingerpick Guitar Championship. He won again in 1996, still the only two-time winner of the competition.
info_outline
FGH-0018: Interview with Jazz and Country Master Guitarist Jim Nichols
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Jim Nichols has an unusual approach to the guitar - he uses a thumb pick and fingers to play everything from Chet Atkins style to modern jazz.
info_outline
FGH-0017: Interview with Australian Guitar Virtuoso Michael Fix
The Fingerstyle Guitar Hangout with Adam Rafferty
Over the past 25 years, Michael Fix has released fifteen albums, together with several DVD’s, songbooks, singles and EPs, tours internationally each year, and has established himself as one of Australia’s finest guitarists and composers, writing evocative music for television, film and documentaries.
info_outlineStephan Bormann is a guitarist with extreme openness and versatility. With a strong foundation in jazz, he adds creative fun and unique sounds to the music that he plays and helps shape projects with his individual style.
His love of the music of America, Scandinavia, Africa, and Brazil make him a world traveler on the guitar, versatile in many styles and familiar with the various facets of the instrument.
He’s the author of the well-loved definitive guitar arranging bible entitled “Solo Guitar Book” and teaching guitar at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden since 1994, where he is a professor of guitar jazz, rock, and pop.
Show Notes:
In this episode Stephan and I talk about his musical roots in Communist (DDR) East Germany, his book “Solo Guitar Book”, his 16 string resonator guitar, and more….enjoy!
(Time stamps are for audio version of the podcast.)
- 3:17 Stephan’s musical beginnings in Communist Germany (DDR)
- 5:50 Buying records in Germany behind the wall
- 13:04 Stephan’s inspiration to play guitar
- 15:29 His jazz guitar influence
- 16:40 The inspiration of “Friday Night in San Fransisco”
- 18:33 Stephan’s “Aliquot” resonator 18 string guitar by Oliver Klaproth
- 22:52 Music Track “Elevation Of Love by Esbjörn Svensson”
- 26:19 Different guitars for different sounds
- 28:24 Going deep into the musical moment
- 31:42 Meeting his musical soulmates
- 36:36 His longtime projects – duo with Thomas Fellow and a duo with Cristin Class
- 40:00 The teaching philosohy at the Musik Hochshule in Dresden
- 43:37 Discovering and supporting the special talents of students
- 45:58 His best musical advice
- 46:54 About his “Solo Guitar Book”
- 55:22 Music Track “Don’t Give Up” – 10 String Orchestra
About the Podcast
- Ask me a question for the podcast Q & A episodes HERE - adamrafferty.com/ask
- Like, join friend us on the Facebook podcast page
- Check out the complete episode playlist here