All About The Music

Check out all 12 songs from Ken Navarro's new album for 2025 "It's Nice To Be With You". Ken takes you into his recording studio and gives you a behind the scenes look into each song - what it means to him, how he composed and recorded each song and much more.

The ninth episode (”Overview”) looks at how Ken decided which 12-13 songs from the 22 songs he has been composing were chosen for the upcoming album, his 28th.

The eighth episode (”The Ending”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the final 8 bars for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The seventh episode (”The Guitar Solo”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the extended guitar solo for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The sixth episode (”The Bridge”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the bridge for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The fifth episode (”So Far”) looks at how Ken has put together the four sections of a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The fourth episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the Second Verse for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The third episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the First Verse for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The second episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the Introduction for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

The premier episode looks at how Ken created the first version of the chorus hook for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.

Ken speaks with drummer Bruce Guttridge about the connection of musical and personal growth and the 4 songs Bruce performed on for Ken’s new album for 2023 “Love Is Everywhere”.

Ken takes you into his recording studio and breaks down the mix of his new hit song "Silent Storm".

Check out all 11 songs from Ken Navarro's new album for 2023 "Love Is Everywhere". Ken takes you into his recording studio and gives you a behind the scenes look into each song - what it means to him, how he composed and recorded each song and much more.

Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro takes you into his recording studio to show you how he took his song “Straight Out The Gate” (from his new album "I Will Still Be Here") from a demo where Ken played all of the instruments to the finished track with all of the brilliant musicians whom Ken works and records with - bassist Gary Grainger, keyboardist Jay Rowe, drummer Jay Williams,...

Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro is releasing his 26th album “I Will Still Be Here” on August 20, 2021. Ken takes you behind the scenes in this preview of some of the 11 new songs. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic & electric guitar work throughout, the new album for 2021 features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including saxophonist Eric Marienthal,...

Bassist Gary Grainger, keyboardist Jay Rowe and saxophonist Rob Holmes have been working with Ken for over 20 years and so Ken sat down with each of them and talked about their contributions to his song “Summer Smiles” and what it was like to work together in the studio during the Covid pandemic.

Drummer Greg Grainger has been working with Ken for over 25 years but this is the first time they have sat down to have an in-depth discussion about recording the drums for Ken's latest hit song "When We Dance" from his 25th album "Into The Light" and much more. Along the way they discussed drumming, the recording process, the music business and playing and touring with Whitney Houston for her fir...

“Dancing Waters” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this podc...

“Green Chile Stew” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this po...

“When We Dance” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this podca...

When Lyle Mays passed away on February 10, 2020 at the age of 66, Ken and his friend, long time band mate and keyboardist Jay Rowe, both immediately knew they wanted and needed to pay tribute to this great musician who had influenced them both deeply for over 4 decades. Through his own music and recordings along with his contributions to the compositions, recordings and performances of The Pat Met...

Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro is releasing his 25th album “Into The Light” on February 21, 2020. Ken takes you behind the scenes in this preview of some of the 11 new songs. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic & electric guitar work throughout, the new album for 2020 features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patituc...

Ken's associate producer for his groundbreaking album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra" was a man whom Ken had previously worked with for many years. However this album was a new and multi-faceted challenge which Dan LaMaestra took on with a commitment to excellence. Dan handled the hiring of many of the musicians and coordinating the communication and preparation for the recording sessions with ea...

Virtuoso jazz harpist Lori Andrews was one of the first musicians Ken called when he started writing and orchestrating the music for "Music For Guitar And Orchestra". Lori is one of the few true jazz harpists on the planet and she and Ken speak in detail about how Ken used the harp on this new album. They also discussed some of the techniques Lori has created to make jazz music “groove” on a harp...

Ken hangs out with 2 of the virtuoso musicians who played on Ken's new album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra". Dave Perkel (trombone), MaryAnn Perkel (cello) and Ken talk about everything from putting together an amazing custom orchestra for Ken's groundbreaking new music to the differences between performing as part of an orchestra in a concert vs. performing in the recording studio to the specif...