Artist Roster
Adrian Legg
Adrian Legg is a master guitarist whose music blends melodic simplicity with the American guitar, swinging between the sacred and the profane through remarkable compositional gifts and a dazzling technique. Defying easy categorization, his multifaceted career includes being named “Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade” by Guitarist Magazine and winning multiple Guitar Player Reader’s Poll awards - including Best Acoustic Fingerstylist four consecutive years and Best Overall Guitar Album. His diverse background spans charting in the US New Age rankings, touring with rock guitar legends, and driving instrument R&D. Despite these achievements, Legg remains a highly active international solo fingerstylist committed to musical intimacy, masterclasses, and workshops worldwide.
Ardeshir Farah and Luis Villegas
Ardeshir Farah is a Grammy-nominated guitarist and co-founder of the internationally acclaimed duo Strunz & Farah. Ardeshir is presently collaborating with Luis Villegas whose style combines new-age music, flamenco, and jazz. Luis was nominated for the Best New Album award at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.
Bireli Lagrene
Bireli Lagrene is a French jazz guitarist renowned for his virtuosic technique, inventive improvisation, and ability to blend a wide range of musical styles. With a career spanning over four decades, Bireli Lagrene has earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished guitarists in modern jazz.
Cimarron 615
An Americana ensemble rooted in the rich musical traditions of the American heartland.
John "Greyhound" Maxwell
The Washington Blues Society's 2018 “Best Acoustic Blues Guitar” recipient, John “Greyhound” Maxwell, is a master roots artist whose singular, understated approach to bottleneck slide guitar and blues mandolin breathes fresh energy into timeless traditions. Lauded by the late legendary multi-instrumentalist David Lindley as “the best bottleneck player I’ve heard in a long time,” Maxwell brings a lifetime of genre-spanning mastery to the stage. His remarkably diverse musical journey includes everything from bluegrass, folk, and jazz to 1970s punk rock - where he opened for iconic acts like The Dead Kennedys and Black Flag - evolving seamlessly into recent high-profile support slots for acoustic roots titans like Ruthie Foster, Keb’ Mo’, and Taj Mahal.
Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber is a solo performer, recording artist, composer and arranger. His playing fuses folk, jazz, blues, pop and classical styles, creating a multi-faceted performance that belies the use of only one instrument. First internationally recognized as lead guitarist in Paul McCartney’s Wings, with whom he won a Grammy, Juber has since established himself as world-renowned guitar virtuoso and entertainer.
Los Cenzontles
A celebrated ensemble dedicated to preserving and reimagining the traditional music of Mexico.
Martin Taylor
‘Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable’ - Pat Metheny
‘He out-shred’s all of us put together....I’ve never seen anything like it’ - Jeff Beck
Martin Taylor is a multi-award winning guitarist and Acoustic Guitar magazine calls him ‘THE Acoustic Guitarist of his Generation’. He dazzles audiences with his solo shows, which combine virtuosity, emotion, humor, and a strong stage presence while his inimitable style has seen him recognized as the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz and fingerstyle guitar playing.
Strunz & Farah
Performing together since 1979, Grammy-nominated Strunz & Farah are the innovators of an entirely new expression for the acoustic guitar. Well ahead of their time they created an original style that now is widely influential. Originally from Costa Rica and Iran respectively, Jorge Strunz and Ardeshir Farah have brought the musical influences of their native lands into their highly virtuosic, rhythmic, and improvisation-rich original instrumental compositions, inspiring fans and many guitarists worldwide.
The Great Guitars
The Great Guitars™ traces its colorful heritage back to the 1970's when the legendary jazz guitarists of that era toured the world and recorded together. Award-winning guitarist Martin Taylor, who replaced Herb Ellis to become part of the original group in the 1980's with the legendary Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd, has revised the format for the 21st century-enlisting two of today's top jazz guitars players to co-create a brilliant program displaying guitar mastery, emotion, humor and musical fireworks
Voena
VOENA reinvents "Choir" the way Cirque du Soleil reinvents "Circus."
VOENA, founded in 1994, has performed for President Clinton and President Bush in Washington D.C. and Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in Rome. As goodwill ambassadors, they have toured with their message of celebrating global diversity to China, Mexico, Italy, Greece, and Japan. From the White House, Mondavi Music Festival, Davies Hall to Carnegie Hall, VOENA has shared the stage with icons and performers such as Daniel Rodriquez, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dr. Maya Angelou, Ce Ce Winans, Jose Feliciano, Lonestar, and Broadway stars Brad Oscar and Dale Kristien.