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Fingerstylist Adrian Legg--who spent the latter part of '96 as the opening act on the G3 tour with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and Steve Vai--was signed by Red House Records, home of Greg Brown, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Martin Simpson, Paul Geremia, and a growing number of acoustic masters. Legg's first Red House release is slated for early '97.
Jeff LaQuatra, graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, took first place in the Oswald Rantucci Guitar Competition, held in Buffalo, New York, in September.
Alfred Publishing and the International Guitar Registry have introduced The Bridge, a free eight-page quarterly newsletter designed as a forum for guitar teachers. To get on the mailing list, call Alfred Publishing at (800) 292-6122.
Warner Bros. Publications is issuing guitar-tab folios to accompany Joni Mitchell's recent Hits and Misses compilations. The books feature complete transcriptions, including all solos, of many songs that haven't been published before with the correct alternate tunings.
John Jennings, best known as a producer and sideman for such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, the Indigo Girls, Lyle Lovett, and Tony Rice, has released his first solo album, Buddy, on Vanguard.
Elvis Costello has persuaded Warner Brothers to release a limited-edition boxed set of five CD maxi-singles (or EPs) of five songs recorded for radio broadcasts. The CDs feature Costello and Steve Nieve of the Attractions playing acoustic versions of songs from All This Useless Beauty as well as past Costello hits.
Visible Ink Press has published Tom Clynes' Music Festivals from Bach to Blues, a guide to 1,001 music festivals in North America.
Mel Bay has released Rounder Old-Time Music for Guitar, a book of transcriptions of tunes from the CD by the same name. The book/CD includes songs by Norman Blake, the Louvin Brothers, Mark O'Connor, and Ricky Skaggs.
The second edition of the Musicians Phone Book: The Los Angeles Music Directory contains thousands of listings in over 60 categories of music-related businesses in the Los Angeles area. The book is available in book and record stores, or you can order it direct from (805) 299-2540.
A new Homespun Tapes video called Contemporary Fingerstyle Workshop features fingerpicker Chris Proctor. Topics include alternate tunings, artificial harmonics, and tapping.
Ovation guitar owners can compare notes via an online club established by Kaman Music. The Web address is: www.kamanmusic.com/OvationOwnersOnLine/front.htm.
Festival Finders has established a Web site at http://www.festivalfinder.com that includes information on over 1,200 festivals in the U.S. and Canada. You can browse or search by music style, instrument, performer, location, date, or festival name, and locate contact numbers for accommodations, tourist information, and genre-based discussion groups.
The National Festival of the West will be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, March 13&endash;16. Activities include western music on four stages, cowboy poetry, and a chili cook-off. For more information, call (602) 996-4387.
Musical Instruments Asia '97, a trade show focusing on the Asian music market, will take place in Singapore, May 23&endash;25. For information, contact Creative Exhibitions at (65) 337 5574, fax (65) 336 0629.
NAMM veterans: If you're going to be in Anaheim, make sure you visit the Acoustic Café in the Veranda room at the Marriott, Friday, January 17. From 6:30 to 11:30 P.M, there'll be performances by stellar guitarists Janis Ian, Steve James, Diane Ponzio, Preston Reed, Martin Simpson, Jacques Stotzem, and Benjamin Verdery. For tickets, stop by the booth of one of the sponsors: Acoustic Guitar, Bourgeois Guitars, J. D'Addario and Co., Fishman Transducers, the Martin Guitar Co., Santa Cruz Guitars, or Seymour Duncan Acoustic. At Acoustic Guitar's booth (#800), there'll also be daily performances by such guitarists as Ed Gerhard, Mark Hanson, and Jacques Stotzem.
GOT SOME NEWS? Send it to Bronwen Morgan, Happenings, Acoustic Guitar, PO Box 767, San Anselmo, CA 94979-0767; Email Bronwen@stringletter.com; fax (415) 485-0831.
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