[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It gives me great pleasure to release this video lesson series, Mariachi Rhythms & Techniques for Vihuela & Guitar, filmed exclusively in Guadalajara, Mexico with Fernando Briseño.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I’m all set with a makeshift outfit for my mariachi guitar debut and head off for Guadalajara’s School of Mariachi. When I arrive, the…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I first met Fernando Briseño, Director of Guadalajara’s Escuela del Mariachi, at the Fiesta de la Música. He was there watching one of his teaching staff,…
[vc_row top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”0″][vc_column][vc_column_text] The term mariachi encompasses an entire culture of music, dance and costume and is one of the most recognisable aspects of Mexican culture internationally.…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It has finally crept up on me: my last day in Santiago de Cuba. But it’s going to be a great day. I’ll be having a…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Beatles never quite made it to Cuba as a group, but what if they had? How may it have affected their music? That’s exactly what…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s been a weekend of thrills and spills after meeting Eliades Ochoa and sitting in on a recording session at Egrem. I’ve now moved from Hostal…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Still buzzing from the Eliades Ochoa gig, today I’ve got a guided tour of Egrem Siboney recording studio on the menu. It’s all part of…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I’ve been invited to the Casa de la Trova to see Buena Vista Social Club guitarist & singer Eliades Ochoa, play live in his home…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Before leaving for Cuba, I met Nick Gold – a pioneer in world music production and distribution through World Circuit Records. He was the architect of…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Over the next couple of days, I didn’t know whether I was coming or going, as fate took me on a roller-coaster ride. But…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fresh from being shown how to use filin to ease a bolero out of the boogie-sphere and into the realms of sentimental contemplation, Rudy is now going to show…
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