The Rough Guide to a World of Guitar

The Rough Guide to a World of Guitar presents a seamless collection of mesmerising guitar-playing from around the world, featuring legendary guitarists including John Renbourn, Debashish Bhattacharya and Syran Mbenza. It highlighs the extraordinary versatility of the guitar in many different musical cultures, from the desert blues of Mali’s Samba Toure to the Russian gypsy guitar virtuosity of the Kolpakov Duo, this is a cutting-edge collection. This is the perfect introduction to some of the best guitar music you’ve never heard.

Tracks: Debashish Bhattacharya & Friends - Kirwani One.5+8.Five / Samba Toure - White Crocodile Blues (A song for M) / Bob Brozman Orchestra - Ska Waltz Train / Steve Tilston - Slow Air In Dropped D / Shiyani Ngcobo - Kheta Eyakho / John Renbourn & Wizz Jones - Hey Hey / Ramon Goose - Futa (Feat. Justin Adams) / Horacio Avilano and Martin Alvarado - Milonga De Corralon / Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo - In delit Mado / Kolpakov Duo - Grushen’ka / Alhousseini Anivolla - Kammo Tarhanin / Gustavo Pazos Conde - Campos De La Tarde / Ateshkhan Yuseinov - Atesh’s Balkan Flamenco / Pete Berryman - Albatross / Eduardo Niebla - Natural / Teta - Tsakorarake / Fabienne Magnant - Nordestine