Tonight’s gig at the Jumping Bean Café has been rescheduled to Jan 2. My upcoming St. John’s gigs, then are:

Dec 20, 8 pm Spirit Music Bar, 164 Water St., with Ben Diamond; jam afterwards, $10
Jan 2, 6:30 pm Jumping Bean Café, Elizabeth St.
Jan 23, 6:30 pm Jumping Bean Café, Elizabeth St.
Feb 19, 9 pm, The Ship Pub, Duckworth St., hosting Night Music; jam afterwards, $10

Much thanks to Seth Josel and Michelle Lou for including a reference to Tension and Extension in their incredible new compendium of electric guitar techniques The Techniques of E-Guitar Playing on Bärenreiter. https://www.barenreiter.us/products/the-techniques-of-e-guitar-playing-barenreiter
(providing a link to Bärenreiter’s American site since it seems to be the easiest way for Canadians to order a copy)

Nov 21: Jumping Bean Cafe, Elizabeth St., 6:30-8:30

Dec 20: Spirit Music Bar, 164 Water St., with Ben Diamond

Jan 23: Jumping Bean Cafe, Elizabeth St., 6:30-8:30

Feb 19, Night Music, The Ship Pub

Thanks to CKCU’s Echo Chamber for playing my version of “The Diamond Sea” this week (right before the original!) and to listeners for your enthusiastic response. Playlist and audio here: https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/653/72725.html#

I’ve added a number of new pieces to the “Media – Guitar Performance” page: versions of Ellington’s “Cottontail”, “My Funny Valentine” and “Have You Met Miss Jones” by Rodgers and Hart, and a solo guitar version of Sonic Youth’s “The Diamond Sea”.

Here are some links.

Thanks to Greg for the continued support and airplay on CHUO and generous description – “visionary guitar theorist”!
https://www.facebook.com/lavillachuofm/posts/pfbid0oTDcHkNWTQ62wRXqVQ6ErRynDtdF9qYFdoNVW8LMPx6NnPhQH58sna1XU4tNpprzl

Link to listen to Apr 17 program: https://chuo.fm/la-villa-strangiato/

Had some lovely gigs at the Jumping Bean on Mar 7 and the Rocket Bakery on Mar 28 – and my next performance will be Apr 26 at the Spirit Bar at 9 pm. I also finally made it out to The Ship’s Night Music last week, hosted by the Former Eraser, and enjoyed a wonderful jam with some excellent players.

Continuing my study of jazz standards, I was proud of this version of “My Funny Valentine”, expanded with looper and Ebow:

It’s been a fun couple of months. Opening remained on CKUT’s album chart for four weeks from Jan 21-Feb 11 so thanks again so much for the support!

In addition to recording “Black Orpheus”, it was a good month – more radio station support, including making Montreal campus/community station CKUT’s top 5 for the week of January 21.

J’ai aussi lancé ma deuxième vidéo au sujet de l’harmonie:

Lastly I had a great time playing a lunchtime gig at the Rocket Bakery and Cafe on Water St. in St. John’s yesterday (Jan 31). Looking forward to more exciting activity in February.