Leo Kottke News

Innovative acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke was born September 11, 1945, in Athens, GA.

Oceans of harmony resonate from the strings of Leo Kottke's guitar as he just sits there and finger-picks his little symphonies into existence.

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 24, 2009: When Mark O'Connor performs at Berklee College of Music on Dec.

Denver's RootsFest will celebrate its third anniversary this year with a bill of trans-genre and generation artists.

Guitarist Leo Kottke is no stranger to explosions: A cherry bomb that damaged his hearing as a kid, machine-gun fire in the military that further damaged his hearing and an explosion in a Minneapolis neighborhood that blew the front porch off his house.

Guitarist Peter Lang is in trouble and he needs our help. One of the world's foremost six-and-twelve-string fingerstyle guitarists, Lang has enjoyed a lengthy career, some 40 years, playing traditional music in the blues and folk vein.

In a recording and performance career that spans four full decades, Leo Kottke remains an original.

Guitarist-singer Leo Kottke plays the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls on Nov. 19. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept.

Coming on Saturday: Easy Star All-Stars. Imagine a reggae version of the Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" or a dub version of the Pink Floyd classic, "Dark Side of the Moon." A purist would flinch at the very thought of altering a single song from either of these classic albums.

Renowned acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke will perform at Mt. Gretna Playhouse on Sept.

John Alaimo and Mike Tinus: Rarely are sound and setting such a fine match. It's even more rare that two players meld like this jazz duo featuring electric piano and upright bass.

Password = kink . Starts Wed., August 12 at 10:00am and ends Thu., August 13 at 8:00pm. Presale Tickets About Willy Porter: How does a young viola player become a folk-rock guitarist? Perhaps Leo Kottke is to blame.

You are not logged in. Register now . August 12, 2009 Brooklyn Music by Brooklyn Eagle , published online 08-11-2009 Even in the download age, Brooklyn is still teeming with used records.

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Irish Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes, and Airs is the rare acoustic guitar CD that isn't dominated by Leo Kottke-style wizardry or a John Fahey influence.

What: The Breckenridge Music Festival's Blue River Series Who: Leo Kottke When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday Where: Riverwalk Center, Breckenridge Tickets: $30 at the door, $25 in advance at www.BreckenridgeMusicFestival.com or by calling 547-3100 It might sound like an entire band is on stage wailing on acoustic guitars Sunday in Breckenridge.

"If you're willing to humiliate yourself in front of an audience, you'll find that a developing song exerts its own influence about where it wants to go," Leo Kottke told GP in his January 2006 feature.

Kottke Though known primarily for his finger-knotting acoustic guitar prowess, Leo Kottke also writes some pretty unique, memorable songs.

Guitar in hand and alone onstage, Leo Kottke began his set at City Winery on Tuesday night with his song " William Powell ," an instrumental named after the American film actor, with the air of a samba by Dorival Caymmi.

Cozy up to an intimate night of guitar mastery with fingerstyle legend Leo Kottke .