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Michael Watts

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Mar 3 2023

BASHKIN GUITARS - THE LOG CABIN SESSIONS

During my recent visit to Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Archtop Festival I got the chance to spend time with one of my favourite guitar builders - and people - Michael Bashkin. Next week will bring the premiere of the…

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Aug 11 2022

CASIMI GUITARS C2 Signature Pernambuco & Redwood

In amongst The Blue Guitars I found a trio of exceptional brown guitars and in a relatively quiet moment in amongst the azure mayhem I managed to film them.

Just look at them!

Here is the first, a sumptuous Casimi…

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Jul 29 2022

Linda Manzer - The SUNFLOWER GUITAR For Ukraine

It was a privilege to be asked to contribute to the SUNFLOWER GUITAR appeal for Ukraine - a humanitarian endeavour by Linda Manzer, a dear friend and one of the world's finest guitar makers. 

Heartbroken at the suffering caused…

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Jul 14 2021

New Piece! Birdseye | One-take Performance

I'd like to share this new piece with you - It's called Birdseye and while it's still a work in progress to some extent, I managed to pull off a take during some long-overdue time spent with loved ones in…

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Feb 4 2021

The Virtuous Circle 2021

The Virtuous circle is from my debut album Vetiver and it is a piece that has a unique hold over me.

Part dream state, part letter it changes each time I play it. The beginning is deliberately tentative, even faltering…

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Jan 7 2021

Midnight Long Distance Blues

Sometimes you just have to play it all out. This was one of those times. I'm playing a beautiful Supro Belmont into a Cornford Hurricane for this Fat Possum meets Buena Vista improvised Slide Blues. I hope you enjoy it. 

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