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A New Look, the Same Mission, the MusiCurate rebrand

A New Look, the Same Mission

If MusiCurate looks different lately, you are not imagining it. The story behind our rebrand: why MusiCurated became MusiCurate, why the blue gave way to green and bronze, and the...

A New Look, the Same Mission

If MusiCurate looks different lately, you are not imagining it. The story behind our rebrand: why MusiCurated became MusiCurate, why the blue gave way to green and bronze, and the...

Tariq Harb, classical guitarist and composer, with his guitar

Tariq Harb: When Classical Guitar Meets the World

Trained in the classical tradition and carrying the musical heritage of the Arab world, Tariq Harb bridges two traditions on a single instrument, and expands what the guitar is understood...

Tariq Harb: When Classical Guitar Meets the World

Trained in the classical tradition and carrying the musical heritage of the Arab world, Tariq Harb bridges two traditions on a single instrument, and expands what the guitar is understood...

What to Play After Lágrima, five pieces for your next step

What to Play After Lágrima: Five Pieces for You...

You have learned Lágrima. Here are four pieces that build on what it taught you, and one to dream about, each with a recording to hear before you buy.

What to Play After Lágrima: Five Pieces for You...

You have learned Lágrima. Here are four pieces that build on what it taught you, and one to dream about, each with a recording to hear before you buy.

Antoine Dufour, fingerstyle guitarist and composer, with his acoustic guitar (black-and-white portrait)

Antoine Dufour and the Language of Fingerstyle ...

Antoine Dufour treats the acoustic guitar as a complete orchestra: bass, melody, rhythm and texture from one player. A look at his fingerstyle voice and the fertile Canadian scene that...

Antoine Dufour and the Language of Fingerstyle ...

Antoine Dufour treats the acoustic guitar as a complete orchestra: bass, melody, rhythm and texture from one player. A look at his fingerstyle voice and the fertile Canadian scene that...

Simon Farintosh, classical guitarist and composer, performing

Simon Farintosh: How One Guitarist Bridges Two ...

Simon Farintosh refuses to stay in one box. Rooted in classical training and reaching across styles, he shows how deep preparation and real curiosity let a guitarist move fluidly between...

Simon Farintosh: How One Guitarist Bridges Two ...

Simon Farintosh refuses to stay in one box. Rooted in classical training and reaching across styles, he shows how deep preparation and real curiosity let a guitarist move fluidly between...

Jeffrey McFadden, classical guitarist and University of Toronto professor, with his guitar

Jeffrey McFadden and the Bach Question Every Gu...

Every guitarist eventually faces Bach and asks who they are to play it. Jeffrey McFadden has spent a career inside that question, treating arrangement as interpretation. His arrangements of BWV...

Jeffrey McFadden and the Bach Question Every Gu...

Every guitarist eventually faces Bach and asks who they are to play it. Jeffrey McFadden has spent a career inside that question, treating arrangement as interpretation. His arrangements of BWV...