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October saw the world premiere of the ‘Suite for Martin Taylor’ with the Royal Liverpool Philarmonic Orchestra, big band and Spirit of Django at the Guitar Festival of Great Britain. Specially composed and arranged by Guy Barker (The Talented Mr Ripley, Quincy Jones) the suite took as its starting point the themes from the ‘Last [...]
Martin Taylor played a star-studded concert for Prince William at Windsor Castle in advance of HRH announcing his engagement to Kate Middleton. The event which was also attended by Sir Michael Parkinson, Alan Titchmarsh and Gosford Park writer Julian Fellowes was held to raise awareness for the Child Bereavement Trust, of [...]
Check out this video of Martin Taylor Guitar Academy student Andrew Hobler where he talks about his experiences with MTGA.
Last week Martin was at Guitar Nation 2010 in London to promote the Martin Taylor Guitar Academy. While there he played a concert and met up with Steve Vai who said the following:
“Martin Taylor is a truly great guitarist” – Steve Vai
Here’s a little video from the show as well.
Martin Taylor talks with the wonderful celtic acoustic guitarist Tony McManus at this years Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville.
In a relatively short time Tony’s music has come to define a new role [...]
At this years Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville Martin sat down with Thom Bresh (son of Merle Travis) to talk music, guitar and play a few numbers together. In their chat they cover everything from writing songs to coal mining in Scotland. Here is a little video taken from that day.
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Martin will be at Guitar Nation 2010 at The Olympia, London on the 13th and 14th November to promote the Martin Taylor Guitar Academy. If you want to see great guitars and great guitar and bass players then Guitar Nation Live 2010 is the one show you cannot miss.
Guitar Nation Live is the [...]
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Check out the latest video of Martin Taylor interviewing guitar legend Scotty Moore at the Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis’ Hollywood years. He was ranked forty-fourth in Rolling Stone magazine’s list [...]
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Martin will be playing a double bill show with Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel this Saturday 6th November at the Perth Concert Hall in the UK. You can get your tickets here. In the meantime here is a little video to wet your appetite.
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