LCG #195 – Rodney Branigan interview

Posted on 17/05/2013 by pjournel

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My first contact with Rodney Branigan was through this amazing YouTube video of the song “Body Language” (see below) where he can be seen playing simultaneously a guitar and a mandolin while singing! When the opportunity arised to interview him I jumped on it.

Rodney Branigan is part of this new generation of guitarists which completely revisit the field of acoustic guitar bringing a very personal approach which gives great music.

From the album “Sketches” played before the interview:

The Songwriter
Body Language
Going Gone
Muddy Jesus

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #193 – Mika Tyyskä (Mr FastFinger) interview at the 2013 MusikMesse

Posted on 04/05/2013 by pjournel

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When I stumbled onto Mika Tyyskä (aka Mr Fastfinger) in Hall 4.0 of the MusiMesse, I immediately asked him to do a video interview and he accepted at once. We talked about his upcoming album “Stringweaver” to be released May 21st 2013 (listen to the extracts played before the interview).

The interview is available on YouTube (see viewer below) and in mp3 in the podcast feed.

The superb visual for “Stringweaver” :

Extracts from “Stringweaver” played :

Awaki-Waki
Practice Heart
Nightvisions

You can also check the interview I did with him via Skype in episode #173 in 2012.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #191 – Mattias IA Eklundh interview (MusikMesse 2013)

Posted on 16/04/2013 by pjournel

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Here’s an interview I did at the MusikMesse 2013 with Mattias IA Eklundh. I met him for the first time in 2009 for an audio interview you can find in episode #38. This time we talked about his latest solo album “The Smorgasborg”, his True Temperament equiped Caparison guitars, his next projects and many more.

The video of the interview is available online on YouTube (see player below) and as an MP3 file in the podcast feed.

Extracts from “The Smorgasbord” played before the interview in the MP3 version :

Musth
Hells Bells
Crossing The Rubicon
That’s Amore

Yes you HAVE to make a stupid crazy face pic when you meet with Mattias, it’s mandatory so here you go :

Mattias Apple Horn model from Caparison :

Enjoy,

Pierre.

Ola Strandberg interview (MusikMesse 2013)

Posted on 15/04/2013 by pjournel

During the MusikMesse 2013 I had the opportunity to meet Ola Strandberg who is the master mind and luthier behind .strandberg* guitars. The design of his guitars is pretty radical and optimized to have the best ergonomic.

Here’s the interview done in the noisy environment in front of Hall 4.0:

Enjoy !

Pierre.

LCG #189 – International guitar blogcasters chat with Guitar Noize, Six String Bliss and Muzicosphere

Posted on 27/03/2013 by pjournel

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Here’s a special episode for you with an international conversation among guitar bloggers and podcasters from Australia, the US and France ! As a long time fan of what those guys are doing I thought it would be a good idea to setup this talk, they all agreed immediately to the project.

Participants :

Jonathan Bloomer from GuitarNoize
PT from Six String Bliss
Semi from Muzicosphere
Myself, Pierre for The Guitar Channel

We talked about :

The origin of our respective sites
Why we enjoy doing it
The current projects
Some war stories

I hope you will enjoy listening to this as much as we had fun doing it.

Thanks Jon, PT and Semi for your collaboration.

Pierre.

LCG #187 – Mike Keneally interview

Posted on 02/03/2013 by pjournel

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If you’re a fan of the electric guitar, you must have seen on stage without knowing it at one time or another the guest of this episode, Mike Keneally.

In fact, Mike has played behind Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa and many others.

During the interview we talked among other things about his excellent solo album Wing Beat Fantastic which I offer some excerpts before the interview as usual.

Extracts from Wing Beat Fantastic:

Wing Beat Fantastic
You Kill Me
Inglow
Bobeau

Until the next time, keep on playing the guitar !

Pierre.

LCG #185 – Glenn Hughes interview (Black Country Communion)

Posted on 15/02/2013 by pjournel

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Hello,

Here’s a legendary bass player in that episode #185 with Glenn Hughes (aka @glenn_hughes on Twitter) who is currently playing with Black Country Communion with Joe Bonnamassa.

He is not only a great bass player but also a very unique singer with a voice you recognize at the first word of a lyric.

Extracts from “Afterglow” played before the interview :

Cry Freedom
Afterglow
Common Man
Crawl

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #183 – Jonathan Bloomer (GuitarNoize) interview

Posted on 31/01/2013 by pjournel

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Hello,

As I say often, there will never be too many blogs and podcasts about guitar, that’s why I am very happy to present you with an interview of Jonathan Bloomer who manages the excellent Guitarnoize I am a big fan of.

Yes, we both talk about guitars. No, we are not competitors. I think we actually complement really well each other as there are so many subjects and musicians to cover.

Coincidentally, Jon has just released a Steve Lukather interview on his blogcast here a couple of days after mine and by listening to both interviews you will be able to realize how much we cover the same subject differently.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #181 – Steve Lukather interview

Posted on 18/01/2013 by pjournel

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Hello,

For the release of his solo album Transition I had the pleasure to meet Steve Lukather for a video interview.

I have fond memories of playing over and over a VHS tape (yes, I am that old) where Steve explained his licks so you can imagine I was quite thrilled to meet the man himself.

Subjects discussed during the interview :

His new guitar, the Luke III from Ernie Ball Music Man
The recording of his latest solo album Transition (which I think is great)
His guitar playing over the years
His current projects
And many more

As usual this interview is available in video on YouTube and in audio format in mp3 via the podcast.

Extracts from Transition played in the audio version :

Transition
Creep Motel
Rest Of The World
Smile (the superb instrumental song we talk about in the interview)

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #178 – John Norum interview (Europe)

Posted on 21/12/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

We all have in mind the slightly annoying synth riff of “The Final Countdown” when it comes to Europe. At least it was the case for me until I listened to their latest album called “Bag Of Bones” which allowed me to discover a powerful music.

So it was with great pleasure I interviewed John Norum, Europe‘s lead guitar player to talk about this album.