Performance By LOUD
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 3, p. 7, Jan/Feb 1998: With earth-shaking Taiko drums and ferocious electric guitar, LOUD explores the…
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Guitarévolution: The Future of the Electric Guitar
The following text is taken from Front Magazine, vol. IX, no. 1, pp. 10-11, September/October 1997: Guitarévolution is a 12 day festival of new music for electric…
Henry Kaiser & Jin Hi Kim in Concert
Guitar and komungo. Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable.
New Guitars
A concert of guitar-based new music. Audio Recording duration: 01:30:46 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the Western Front Archives upon research request.
Bill Horvitz in Concert
A concert of solo guitar. Audio Recording duration: 01:35:47 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the Western Front Archives upon research request.
Fred Frith & Hans Reichel in Concert
A concert of dual guitars.
Good Friday
Solo concert featuring Eugene Chadbourne playing guitar, rake, and singing.
Vancouver Guitar Quartet in Concert
September 15, 21 and 22, 1985 Fringe Festival event. Contemporary and classical repertoire.
Musicity 84 – Alex Varty & Doug Schmidt in Concert
Doug Schmidt (composer), Rick Walliser (accordion), Doug Clausen (mandolin), Alex Varty (guitar) Varty’s performance consisted of compositions and improvisations on electric guitar, and the debut…
Elliot Sharp in Concert
A program of compositions and improvisations for solo saxophone and guitar.
Piano Mechanics, Speaker Swinging, Tape Pulling, Guitaring
Due to the high volume of material in the Western Front Archive, further information on this project is currently unavailable. Digitized video documentation of this…
Symphony #4
Concert at the Grandview Legion. Vancouver stop of North American tour featuring local whizzbang guitarist Colin Griffiths on an electric two-by-four. Raucous after-party for those…
Shockabilly
“Covers of 60′s/70′s tunes done in an outrageous country style. Good rake solos too. After the gig there was an all night party that ended…
Angola Guitar
An evening of Angolan folk music and Brazilian rhythms. Audio Recording duration: 1:05:26 Digitized audio of this concert is available through the Western Front Archives…
Derek Bailey & Evan Parker in Concert
Guitar and saxophones. Produced by Ken Pickering. An amazing improvising duo and an important tour, signalling the beginning of the end for the Bailey/Parker partnership,…
Bill Horvitz & Al Neil Orchestra in Concert
Improvisational concert at the Western Front by Bill Horvitz (guitar), Al Neil (piano), unknown violin, saxophone, flute, bass, drums, vibraphone. Audio Recording duration: 2:55:22 Digitized audio…
Contemporary Music for Classical Guitar
Michael Strutt performs solo classical guitar works by various composers. Programme: Elogia de la Danza (1964), Leo Brouwer Suite No. 1 (1978), R. Smith-Brindle Seasons…
Tremble
Hellerman’s concert involved him in the act of rapidly shaking a short steel tube against the strings of a classical guitar. It took him precisely…