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Stuart Masters is a British acoustic guitarist and composer who combines Western and Indian Classical, Folk and Celtic influences with contemporary percussive techniques, to create a unique, hybrid style of guitar playing and song writing.
“Spellbinding” - Acoustic Magazine (UK).
“an emerging acoustic master” R2 Magazine
Having been invited to perform across the globe from Shanghai to Austin, his creative approach to the instrument involves the 12 String Harp Guitar (an early 20th Century American instrument), using a hammer to strike the strings, a double-handed fretboard technique and live looping.
“an orchestra of sounds from just one guitar” - Daylight Music (UK)
If Syd Barrett and Nick Drake had been Davey Graham’s brothers and a fourth sibling had access to a time-travelling record player with the albums of Michael Hedges and Radiohead, it’s just possible his music would sound like Stuart Masters’…
"superb arrangement and beautiful guitar playing" - Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)
www.stuartmasters.co.uk
“Spellbinding” - Acoustic Magazine (UK).
“an emerging acoustic master” R2 Magazine
Having been invited to perform across the globe from Shanghai to Austin, his creative approach to the instrument involves the 12 String Harp Guitar (an early 20th Century American instrument), using a hammer to strike the strings, a double-handed fretboard technique and live looping.
“an orchestra of sounds from just one guitar” - Daylight Music (UK)
If Syd Barrett and Nick Drake had been Davey Graham’s brothers and a fourth sibling had access to a time-travelling record player with the albums of Michael Hedges and Radiohead, it’s just possible his music would sound like Stuart Masters’…
"superb arrangement and beautiful guitar playing" - Crispian Mills (Kula Shaker)
www.stuartmasters.co.uk
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