With sadness and to take my mind off Kobe...
Being "the only one" in past drafts, I'm certain enough my instrumental guitar love is safe with you guys. Sincere apology if someone had this on deck.
I'm listening to it on loop. On a pie chart of my music collection, guitar instrumentals (cuz they play near 24/7 in my office) and classical music (cuz you get several hrs with a click) take the biggest slices. Crossover makes me unsure which is the bigger slice. I've drafted Montgomery, Pass, Segovia, De Lucia, Williams, Bream, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Liebert, Jimi, Carlos, Knopfler, 5, Atkins, Sollscher, Dale, and more without a lyric sung. The pick I'm most attached to is Michael Hedges.
Current back to back winner of a prestigious guitar player of the year award, Mike Dawes isn't Michael Hedges, but they both occupy the same cosmos with astounding capacities to turn a guitar into a three piece (percussion, bass, lead). Yeah, scores of guitarists do this, but rarely with such genius.
"I’ve always loved Michael Hedges’ strummed instrumentals, and 'Encomium' is certainly a response and tribute to his piece, 'Dirge,' and what it represents," Dawes told Guitar World about "Encomium (Reverie)." "I wanted to present another side of the guitar scene. The vibration of the instrument is represented visually by Merrick Winter’s super sleek videography."
2017 Mike Dawes - Era
One yes, "that" One
Enconium (Reverie)