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21 Sep By admin

Martin Simpson interview | Guitar Conversations

I recently sat down with my good friend and fellow guitarist Martin Simpson. Martin Simpson will be my guest teacher in October on the Martin Taylor Guitar Retreat Scotland 2018 and we will then follow on with a 12 show tour of the UK in November & December.

This is part one of a six part series of video interviews. If you’d like to watch the full interview plus access more Guitar Conversations like this then you can join my Patrons programme here.

Also if you are in the UK in Nov/Dec you may like to check out one of our concerts…

Nov 21 Nottingham, Lakeside Theatre

Nov 22 Liverpool Philharmonic

Nov 23 Pocklington Arts Centre

Nov 24 Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall

Nov 25 Settle Town Hall

Nov 27 Sheffield, Crooke’s Social Club

Nov 28 Worcester Live

Nov 29 East Grinstead, Chequer Mead

Nov 30 Shorham-by-Sea, Ropetackle Arts Centre

Dec 1 Lyme Regis, Marina Theatre

Dec 2 Taunton, Hallsway Manor

Dec 3 Nettlebed Folk Club

Thanks to Michael Nagasaka for filming this interview.

2 Mar By admin

Martin Taylor Patreon Patrons Program

Incredible – we now have over 120 Patrons who are receiving new videos, audio and exclusive content like this from me every single month over at my Patreon site.

‘Studio Sessions’ are a series of new solo recordings for my Patrons. Each audio recording is accompanied by a ‘behind the scenes’ video. In the video I’ll talk you through how I approached the arrangement and improvisation of the track as well as the creative process behind it.

The really cool thing is you can actually watch me as I record it in my studio!

We have lot’s more of these ‘Studio Sessions’ planned but if there are particular tunes you’d like to see me record then as a Patron you can request it.

To see more ‘Studio Sessions’ and become a Patron for just $3 over go to https://www.patreon.com/martintaylormusic

1 Sep By admin

Martin Taylor Celebrates 60th Birthday With Solo UK Tour

Multi-award-winning guitarist, composer and educator to embark on thirteen-date UK tour in October

“Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument.” – Pat Metheny

“He out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it” – Jeff Beck

Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and educator Martin Taylor celebrates his 60th birthday and 45 years as a touring artist with a series of solo UK concerts in October. Kicking off in Fareham on Friday 14th October, Taylor will take to thirteen UK towns across the country including Fareham, London, New Milton, Colchester, Guildford, Whitby, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Dundee, Inverness, Lichfield and Uppingham.

Widely considered to be the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar, Martin Taylor’s remarkable musical career has spanned five decades with more than 100 recordings to his name, an MBE, two honourary doctorates and many international awards.

He has collaborated with musicians from many different musical genres including Jeff Beck, Tommy Emmanuel, Bill Wyman, Chet Atkins, Stephane Grappelli, David Grisman, George Harrison, Jamie Cullum, Bryn Terfel, Dianne Schuur and Gary Burton. However it is his dazzling solo concerts, with a signature style that artfully combines his virtuosity, emotion and humour with a strong, engaging stage presence, that make this tour one of the highlights of the autumn jazz calendar.

MARTIN TAYLOR SOLO UK TOUR 2016

Friday 14th October | FAREHAM Ashcroft Arts Centre

Saturday 15th October | NEW MILTON Forest Arts Centre

Tuesday 18th October | COLCHESTER Colchester Arts Centre

Wednesday 19th October | GUILDFORD G Live

Friday 21st October | WHITBY Musicport Festival

Tuesday 25th October | MILTON KEYNES The Stables

Thursday 27th October | MANCHESTER Band On The Wall

Friday 28th October | LONDON Indigo O2

Monday 31st October | UPPINGHAM Uppingham School

Tuesday 1st November | RUNCORN Brindley Theatre

Wednesday 2nd November | LOUGHBOROUGH University Arts

Thursday 4th November | DUNDEE Gardyne Theatre

Friday 5th November | INVERNESS Spectrum Centre

Tickets are on sale now and available from http://martintaylor.com/tour/

11 Nov By admin

Martin Taylor on Stephane Grappelli

In this video Martin Taylor talks about his years working with the legendary jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli.

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Martin discusses the one piece of advice that Stephane passed down to him and why Stephane didn’t like talking about Django Reinhardt.

You can also click here to watch the documentary Martin mentions.

3 Sep By admin

Django Reinhardt’s Guitar Pick!

In this final video in the series Martin Taylor talks about his guitar and mandolin collection and how he came into possession of Django Reinhardt’s guitar pick!

Want to win a day recording at Martin’s studio with these guitars? JUST CLICK HERE

Instruments spoken about in the video:

Durindana Nylon String (year unknown)
1908 Gibson Plain A Style Mandolin
1918 Gibson A Style Mandolin

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