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Pino Forastiere

Forastiere, acoustic guitarist and composer http://candyrat.com/artists/PinoForastiere/

Forastiere is a remarkable virtuoso and his techniques and musical ideas are a true mix of acoustic and classical guitar styles. His phrasing and tone is like a highly refined classical guitarist (David Russell, Manuel Barrueco) while using the techniques of modern acoustic guitar artists (Michael Hedges, Alex De Grassi).

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Tom Doughty

Great painters paint, but great artists create…. Rembrandt did it with shadows and light, Van Gogh with texture, Picasso with shape. Edward Hopper took the seemingly ordinary and transformed it into the extraordinary. Tom Doughty is also a great artist, one whose canvas is music. “He is one of the most original new artists I have heard in a long time. With his unique approach to guitar and his vocal interpretations of traditional and his original tunes, he has managed to create music that is all his own." So says Woody Mann, himself an acknowledged master of the instrument.

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Pierre Bensusan

Pierre Bensusan is a French- Algerian guitarist. His family came from Spain, Spanish Morocco and French Algeria. His CDs include Pres de Paris (released 1975), 2 (released 1977), Solilai (released 1982), Intuite (released 2000), An Evening With International Guitar Night (released 2004), and Altiplanos (released 2005). The genre of his classical guitar music is often characterized as Celtic, Folk, World music, New Age, or Jazz.

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Manuel Barrueco

Manuel Barrueco is recognized internationally as a leading figure in the guitar world today. His artistry has been continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and an elegant musician, possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts. His international tours take him to some of the most important musical centers in the world each season. Recent appearances have included New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Rome, Copenhagen, Athens, Seoul, Taipei, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Manuel Barrueco also has completed nine tours of Japan.

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Guy Davis

Guy Davis (May 12, 1952- ) is an award winning blues guitarist, actor, and musician. In 1995, he released his Red House records debut "Stomp Down Rider", an album that captured Davis live. Since then, he has released numerous albums, incl. "Call Down the Thunder", "You Don't Know My Mind" and "Butt Naked Free". In 2010, he appeared in the Broadway Revival of "Finian's Rainbow", composing and performing the "Dance of the Golden Crock", a duet for harmonica and ballet dancer.

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Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Originally the front man for The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997 to critical acclaim, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career. In 2004 his album "Be Here" was nominated for best country album at the Grammy Awards and at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

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Sadie Jemmett

Sadie Jemmett's extraordinary songs reflect a remarkable life. Behind the entrancing, eloquence of her lyrics and the subtle acoustic beauty of her music lies a restlessly seeking spirit and a rich but frequently dark experience. Her peripatetic journey has followed a jagged course from a wildly bohemian childhood through being a teenage runaway, a backing singer in a reggae band and a touring actress to her role today as one of the most magical new singer-songwriters to excite our ears in many years.

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Dan Gilliver

Dan Gilliver is an exciting addition to the southern UK singer-songwriter scene. After being the vocalist for the Birmingham-based metalcore/post hardcore band Pray For Divinity for nearly 4 years, and after recently parting ways with Winchester ambient metal band Echoes as their clean vocalist, Dan decided to put his full focus into his songwriting to produce some beautiful acoustic tracks such as his debut single "Gone But Never Far".

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Carlos Bonell

Carlos Bonell has enjoyed an immensely varied career. His activities include TV, Film and CD recordings, international tours, concertos with the major orchestras and concerts with his own Ensemble. Carlos Bonell’s guitar playing can be heard on the recent Hollywood films ‘City of Angels’ and ‘The Honest Courtesan’ and on the TV films ‘Inspector Morse’ and ‘The Politician’s Wife’. Carlos Bonell gained prominence in 1981 through his recording for Decca of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Charles Dutoit.

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