Leo Kottke News

The performer has one more 2008 show on his calendar--Nov. 29 in Minneapolis--and he'll kick off the New Year Jan.

Announcement : Swallow Hill Presents RootsFest 2009 with Hot Rize PRWeb wrote: on Nov.

Loudon Wainwright III doesn't often get political in his folk songs, but that doesn't mean he's purely objective on the subject.

Folk singer and songwriter Loudon Wainwright III will play Saturday at the Community Concert Hall along with guitarist Leo Kottke.

Guitar guru Leo Kottke makes a stop in Boise on Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Egyptian Theatre.

It was like being gobsmacked by a Gibson. Guitarists Tommy Emmanuel, Monte Montgomery and Rhett Butler delivered an evening of six-string scintillation at Bass Hall on Wednesday night that was dazzling enough ...

Michael and Chi Heralda, a father/son team, will share the Aztecan culture through songs, oral tradition stories and poetry.

Leo Kottke and Leon Redbone, 7:30 p.m., at Five Flags Theater. Tickets are $45, $36.50 and $29.50. Call 563-589-4254 or visit www.fiveflagscenter.com. MALLARDFEST SATURDAY Mallardfest, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., ...

"American Primitive," the guitar-style associated with the late John Fahey, blends folk, blues, classical and Eastern music.

Hear that? That rumble off in the distance? It's the sound of musicians from across the country packing up their equipment and heading to Iowa for what will likely be the busiest - and easily the most eclectic ...

Leon Redbone's Panama attire is as well known as his music. The way Leon Redbone tells it, he does what he does, Leo Kottke does what he does and then there's time they spend on stage together.

The fall season at the area's big venues got into full swing on Sunday as classic rock icon Foreigner came to the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

Almost 23 years after his death, Robbie Basho's cosmic approach to steel-string guitar is the stuff of legend.

Tickets are on sale for a Friday, Sept. 19, performance by guitarists Leo Kottke and Leon Redbone.

This guest post is by Aaron Baum, who went to see Mike Gordon's new project and got a ton of great photos .

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Hailing from Asheville, N.C., guitarist and songwriter Tyler Ramsey fuses contemplative lyrics with a delicate, dexterous guitar style reminiscent of John Fahey and Leo Kottke.

Pierre Bensusan is a self-taught French-Algerian guitar virtuoso. He began his studies in classical piano under Madame Rosso in 1962; and won the Leopold Bellan Piano award 4 years later. via Fuzz

In 1973 I bought, simply as a result of seeing a poster of the cover, Leo Kottke's live album My Feet Are Smiling. via From the Beat Croft, Shetland Isles

For newcomers to the six- and 12-string virtuosity of Minnesota guitarist Leo Kottke, the reaction can be varied: confusion by exactly what it is they're listening to ; interest in the mechanics of Kottke's ... via Yakima Herald-Republic