October 14, 2019: "This Week in Fingerstyle!"


"This Week in Fingerstyle" by Daryl Shawn!

October 14, 2019
by Randal L Meek
"www.randalsview.blog"

"The most exciting playlist on Spotify" reloaded again for a great Monday morning! "This Week in Fingerstyle" curated by Daryl Shawn! Put your headphones on or AirPods in and disappear into these wonderful sounds!

First up is "Maelstrom" by the incredible Calum Graham! Just first class from  beginning  to end. 

"Falso 9" by Nacho Eguia is a beautiful nylon string piece with Tango & Folklore influences. Cool!

"0800 Hours" by Peter Lainson is a fantastic folk guitar piece and has a wonderful poignant story behind it that I'd love for Peter to tell us all about! Really nice guitar work Peter!

"Longer", the Dan Fogelberg cover by Glenn Roth is authentic Glenn! Glenn always manages to bring something new to the table with each cover that he creates! This one is a touching, lovely version of this classic! Great job as always Glenn!

"You Are The Moon, I'm a Bright Star" by Ulli Boegershausen is a lovely piece that hints of baroque while staying firmly grounded in the modern! A really wonderful dance between two worlds as only Ulli can do!

"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" by Mathew Joseph is just tremendous! This old spiritual fits right in to a classy lounge with Mathew's unique guitar skills and phrasing that make this classic sing!

"Green Hope" by Jürg Kindle is, I believe, his first recording on his new baritone guitar and what an introduction! A mellow, full-bodied walk through time! I'm looking forward to much more from this prolific artist with a new "toy"!

"Tropic Birds" by the wonderful Jim "Kimo" West is the tale of two birds dancing in the sky around the Hawaiian islands. No one knows this area better than Jim and the imagery he creates of this beautiful aerial dance is superb! Wonderful Jim! Mahalo!

"Patience" by Billy-Joe Clarke is signature Billy-Joe! I love his flowing, deep mellow sound that has a depth to it that just pulls you in with its musical magnetism! Truly beautiful!

 "Why Worry" is Roberto Dalla Vecchia's cover of the Mark Knopfler tune, but Roberto manages to give this a slack-key feel that makes this tune really come alive and sing! This is better than the original!

And that completes the new top ten for this week! You will now find all the past "This Week in Fingerstyle" music following this week's new ten so you can enjoy all that this wonderful playlist has brought to the world of fingerstyle! Enjoy!

Daryl Shawn, thank you again for making my Monday mornings a very special and exciting part of every week!

And that's it for another "This Week in Fingerstyle" by Daryl Shawn who every week puts together "the most exciting playlist on Spotify"!

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Comments

  1. Rick CygeOctober 14, 2019 at 11:23 AM

    Nice mix of some fresh new guitar tracks by many talented artists! Randal, as always, you offer brief insightful observations about the music! I look forward each week to discovering new gems!

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    1. Randal L MeekOctober 14, 2019 at 12:29 PM

      Thanks Rick! It's a lot of fun for me to just listen to the music and write what comes to mind! All great music!

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  2. UnknownOctober 15, 2019 at 2:14 PM

    Nice Randal! Interesting... inspiring. Lovely to see how you share and care about the music community - and create awesome music at the same time :-)

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