Ben Reynolds is an English solo steel string guitarist and songwriter. In his solo instrumental works he draws upon the vast well of musical inspiration native to the British Isles as well as that found across the Atlantic and beyond. 2009 sees the release of Ben's second solo guitar full length How Day Earnt Its Night on Tompkins Square. This new recording consolidates his interest in British and American folk guitar traditions in concise and intensely melodic pieces as well as longer, expressionist impro...   [ read more ]

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There's no such thing as a bad Graham album from the 1960s. While Hat isn't necessarily the first one you should dig into, it offers the standard pleasures that you expect from his records: excellent, feverishly imaginative acoustic guitar playing; vibrant jazz-blues arrangements; and covers of blues numbers, Paul Simon, and Lennon-McCartney. He's just as capable of good-time blues ("I'm Ready") and a folk cover of "Getting Better" from Sgt. Pepper as dark, slightly dissonant instru...   [ read more ]

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An innovative and influential acoustic guitar player on the British folk scene in the 1960s, Davy Graham's style was diverse and wide-ranging, drawing on myriad strains of music from jazz and blues to skiffle, pop, and pure folk, often performed in inventive tunings. This diverse approach means Graham's albums were usually wonderfully varied affairs, put together almost like little suites, and 1979's Dance for Two People is a perfect example, with Graham putting on a showcase,...   [ read more ]

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