June 2009: Happy Summer! This is a truly exciting time.

Los Guitarristas is nearing completion of our first official CD. We’ve been in the studio each Monday since the beginning of April, and I’m feeling like this is going to be something quite special. Chicagoans can check us out on June 11 at Uncommon Ground, and most exciting of all, we make our debut in my old town, Ann Arbor, MI on June 13 at the beautiful Kerrytown Concert House.

Both of these shows will find us in excellent form - come check us out if you can.

Solo guitar-wise, I’m finishing my first solo Peruvian festejo (No Me Cumbe), as well as focusing on polishing La Cumparsita and Granada. which are becoming featured concert-level tracks in my sets.

It’s so fun having the Green City Market up and going.

Big thanks to Kevin Monahan and the Ordinary People concert at the Bloom Inn a few weeks back - an intimate loft-space concert I was called into at the last minute.

Mas Trueno’s single release was excellent, and the band is taking form in a nice way with 2 new members and a renewed sense of purpose, we’ve gotten some spins on WXRT and watch out for us on Chic-a-go-go sometime soon…and buy the tunes:
http://myspace.com/mastrueno

Stay cool.

April 2009 - Busy busy busy! I’m writing fresh out of a Los Guitarristas rehearsal preparing for a noontime concert at the Cultural Center tomorrow (April 3). We are set to begin recording our first proper CD, “Paisaje de Sudamerica” starting April 13, and then every Monday night until it’s done - maybe even in time for our June 11 show at Uncommon Ground.

The debut Más Trueno single is now officially released and available for purchase from Snocap via our myspace page, check it out for a very different slice of what I do:

http://myspace.com/mastrueno

The release party is May 9 at Fizz, come on out!

Beyond that, this month I’ll be preparing for some private parties, a gallery opening, a cooking class, a fundraiser, and a wedding in the next 5 weeks - there’s hardly enough time to keep everything balanced, but that’s what it’s all about. More!

Happy Spring!