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2 months agoSean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concert
Sean Shibe breaks classical guitar conventions by mastering both nylon and electric repertoire and performing technically explosive contemporary works by Thomas Ades.
Burls Art creates an electric guitar from air and recycled cardboard that still plays and works as a musical instrument. The craftsman's idea comes from a cardboard guitar made in a collaboration between Fender and Signal ten years ago. That guitar used corrugated cardboard as the main material, and the designer thought of upgrading the first version using the same materials but in a different way.
The Johnny Marr Signature Special Jaguar retails for $2999.99 and was designed to the deliver the bright, jangly playing that defines Marr's style and specifically his iconic work with The Smiths. Buy the Fender Johnny Marr Signature Jaguar Fender and Marr's new take on the classic Jaguar features an alder body with custom gloss nitrocellulose black lacquer finish and a custom-shaped neck with a 9.5-inch radius rosewood fretboard.
When Aberdeen-raised drummer and composer Sebastian Rochford's star rose around the millennium, he quickly made an impact with his precocious and inclusive awareness of 1950-1960s Monk-and-Miles jazz grooves, rock, funk, global music and more. From 2002, Rochford's unique sax-led quintet Polar Bear began earning nominations for Mercury, Mobo and Urban Music prizes, as well as the kind of fame rare in instrumental jazz.