Classical Guitar Insider

Oh man do I love this guy. My grammy award winning buddy, Clarinetist Linus comes on the show. He's tall and he wins things and is still super nice!  

Mateusz is a great guy with a wonderful debut album and we have one of my favorite conversations. I think it was the Dunkin Doughnuts Coffee, a new supporter of the show. Just kidding, their coffee tastes like the outside of a coke can and they are not sponsoring us, but nkoda.com and savageclassical.com  are.  

Jazzzzzz guitarist Randy Napoleon is coming from the University of Michigan to talk with us about the Detroit scene, touring in his forties, and New York. And a little about his kids, but not annoyingly so.  

From Russia! Irina Kulikova visits Brooklyn for a quick sit down on her tour. 

Laura Snowden visits Brooklyn to talk about guitar and music and teaching and the whole thing! Sponsored by nkoda. 

James Lentini comes on to talk about academic administration, composition, guitar, his new concerto and drinks a cup from my two year old "back up" bag of Dunkin Doughnuts coffee. Good sport Jim! 

We talk about his new solo album  Solitude Intones Its Echo  and   his time on Broadway as an oud player in the hit musical The Band's Visit. 

The luthier and cofounder of Rivington Guitars talks about how much everything sucks with his fellow generation x-er, Burp Williams. 

Part 2 of Victor Kioulaphides. A happy accident. 

The winner of the 2017 Guitar Foundation of America's top prize  teaches me how to speak fluent Chinese in 30 minutes. You can speak it too by visiting  Rosettapodcast.com/inisder 

From the Texas Guitar Quartet and JAI Trio, Isaac Bustos and Al Montiel stop by.

Kids like really dumb things. Dumb shows, dumb music, and they aren't intentionally funny until they're about 14. Native New Yorker Jahzeel Montes hopes to help with his initiative to provide free classical guitar lessons and ensemble experiences for children that otherwise might not have access. 

Guitar Dealer and New York Icon Beverly Maher invites me into the 50 year old Guitar Salon. 

Episode 115 Jesse Flowers

Rob Adler 

Episode 113 Eliot Fisk. I finally get an interview with one of my heroes: BATMAN!!!! But I decided to cancel and go to Boston to interview another hero, Eliot Fisk, because it's more appropriate. AND I got to stay in the room where he keeps the ascots!!!

Episode 112 Apostolos Paraskevas

Episode 111 Gabriel Handy

Episode 110: Stephen Goss

Episode 109 Matthew Marshall 

The lest episode of the Elnora series, jazz guitarist Jose Emilio Gobbo talks about brazilian pop and advanced jazz study. 

I learn about the Spanish Inquisition from Adam Del Monte as he prepares for the first performance of his newly penned Flamenco Opera. 

The boys form Germany come on to talk about their new project at the Elnora Guitar Festival. 

I hang out with Jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi during the Ellnora Festival at the University Of Illinois. Happy Tax Day.  

You know what I did last summer! I didn't run over anybody in my car while cruising with my high school friends at Kolmer Gulch, but I did do something I said I wouldn't ever do, interview a 22 year old! Turns out, they can be as fun, vulnerable and interesting as anyone else! I feel stupid. Here is my time with the outstanding guitarist, Alberta Khoury.