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REVIEW: Tasmania Live by Richard Gilewitz

Well, I wasn’t able to make it to the Palais Theatre in Tasmania last summer to hear finger-style guitarist Richard Gilewitz perform live, but according to our correspondent in the land DownUnder (...

To Infinity - and Beyond

I simply could not resist this title as my thoughts returned to a wonderful musical experience during the fall of 2011 in Jamestown, New York, the hometown of Lucille Ball and the legendary band, 10,...

The Origin of GillaCamp Topics

When it became clear to me I was on the front end of developing topics for a traveling guitar workshop that I would soon take around the world, I discovered a ready-made palette of subject ideas....

Birth of the GillaCamp

For years I had been sporadically scheduling lessons with students around my tour dates and at one time had seriously considered involving myself in the extended guitar workshops that were being...

Music Around the World Travels to Ireland

As if there wasn't enough great music in Europe, America, and New Zealand, how could one possibly leave out Ireland - where it sometimes seems that music was practically invented on this...

Music Around the World: Salt Lake City & Rock Springs

From Germany to New Zealand to the USA. How’s that for picking up some air miles and extra peanuts? Upon my return from touring the beautiful land of New Zealand, I flew to Salt Lake City to join my...

Music Around the World Speaks: Frankfurt

My second trip to MusikMesse Frankfurt confirms what I had sensed and now actually encountered. A plethora of brilliant and creative musicians worldwide create a universal language. To describe...