Guitar Café: Live-Stream Series
Last year, during the challenges of the pandemic, I turned to live-streaming guitar concerts from my home for the first time. I learned a tremendous amount in the process. After live-streaming weekly during the onset of the pandemic, I found that schedule was unsustainable. I am now live-streaming biweekly or monthly, on Fridays at 3:00 pm ET, and I have re-branded the series as Guitar Café, each one focusing on a different theme, musical style, country, or artist. These live-streams are free, open to all, and archived on my YouTube channel.
Next up: Guitar Café: CUBA!
Guitar Café: Cuba!
Friday, June 4, 2021, 3 pm ET
We'll journey to the enchanting island of Cuba for this edition of the Guitar Café, with a special focus on the work of celebrated guitarist and composer Leo Brouwer, one of Cuba's greatest composers. Music is part of life in Cuba, permeating the streets, bars, homes, and musical clubs throughout the country, with a musical heritage that spans African, Spanish, and Indigenous influences. We'll visit some of Brouwer's compositions and arrangements of afro-Cuban melodies in this special edition of Guitar Café.
Live-stream - and archived at link: https://youtu.be/DL6fEN5Vru8
Guitar illustration by Katrina Warren
Recent Guitar Café live-streams include:
Guitar Café: Classic Movie Love Themes (February 12, 2021): Love themes from classic movies from the 1960s, including “Love Theme from ‘Romeo & Juliet’” - “Love Theme from ‘Love Story’” - “Love Theme from ‘Spartacus’” - “Moon River” - “The Look of Love” - and “A Taste of Honey.”
Guitar Café: B-Side U2 (February 26, 2021 ): Solo set of U2's great B-sides, including “11 O'clock Tick Tock” - “Love Comes Tumbling” - “Spanish Eyes” - “Silver and Gold” - “Lady with the Spinning Head” -and “Salomé”
Guitar Café: Brazil (March 12, 2021): “Consolação (Baden Powell)“ – “Improv - Manhã do Carnaval (Luiz Bonfá; arrangement Howard Heitmeyer)” – “Saudade (John W. Warren)” – “Asa Branca (Luiz Gonzaga)” – “Canto de Xango (Baden Powell)” – “Nana da Lua (John W. Warren)”
Guitar Café: Rock en Español / Latin Alternative (April 9, 2021): "Unplugged"-style classics from Argentina, Mexico, and Spain. “Canción para mi muerte” Sui Generis (1972) - ”Kumbala” Maldita Vencidad y los Hijos del 5to. Patio (1991) “Ayer me dijo un ave” Caifanes (1994) - “Semilla Negra” Radio Futura (1992) - “Sin Documentos” Los Rodriguez (1996) - “Esa Noche” – Café Tacvba (1994) - “Hasta la Raíz” – Natalia Lafourcade (2015).
Guitar Café: Time and Life (May 7, 2021): “In My Life” (The Beatles) - “Thirteen” (Big Star) - “Time is On My Side” (The Rolling Stones) - “Hazy Shade of Winter” – Simon and Garfunkel - “Turn Turn Turn” (Pete Seeger) - “Seventeen” (Sharon Van Etten) - “More Than This” (Roxy Music) - “Brothers in Arms” (Dire Straits) - “Always Look at the Bright Side of Life” (Monty Python)