Guitare Sèche Le Mag numéro 57

Playing solo is a delicate undertaking: it requires real introspection, a dialogue with an inner listener and, in the case of a recording or a concert, with the real listeners who decide to take a moment of their lives to spend it with the musician. The word solo thus already implies an otherness that it would be illusory to try to hide.
Biréli Lagrène in his solo album dialogues with himself, with the ghost of Jaco that he revives each time he touches a bass, with his daughter too. He summons the composers who have shaped him, distorted him, touched him. It is therefore understandable that, since the exercise is not that of a solitary performance but an almost palpable discussion, he has waited so long to release this magical record, about which he talks to you in the interview conducted by Lisa Vincent.
Julianne Joe and Hervé Samb have also launched a solo album and are also finding ways to bring together traditional and modern cultures.
Finally, if music is about exchange, why not take the time to share a song, a blues, an evening by the fire with friends. That's why we've put together a selection of the best instruments designed to take you on the road, which, on the eve of summer, will allow you to consider leaving with a guitar in your luggage. We've also made sure that the prices are as nice as possible.
In terms of testing, we were able to play the latest Taylor 722Ce, which has not yet been announced at the time some of our subscribers will read these lines. This is an opportunity for us to rediscover the koa, a particularly aesthetic and sonorous species.
Depending on whether you are in the mood for a solo or a duo, our pedagogical notebook will allow you to take the time to progress and learn new pieces. Manouche duet with Georges Brassens, rock duet with Pink Floyd, or solo blues, americana or fingerpicking: the ball is in your court. Finally, a reader asked us a seemingly trivial question that forced us to consider the place of the musician as a consumer and our role as a prescribing media. Go and read our answer and don't hesitate to comment on social networks, we are interested in your opinion.
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Have a great summer and let's open up to others in this period where current events could make us want to practice selfishness, or worse, selfishness.