Guitar Advocate

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Eliot Fisk has spoken eloquently and passionately about the guitar and it’s place in the world in interviews and a TEDx talk. He has expounded on the significance of his mentor Andrés Segovia and even weighed in on Jimi Hendrix’s importance, both culturally and musically. His playing is somewhat controversial,…

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A Rhapsodic Opener

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How will the Santa Barbara Symphony celebrate 65 years of musical excellence and orchestral delight? Their 2018-19 season begins with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, “An American Rhapsody” by Ernst Von Dohnányi and the euphoria of young love and excitement of revolution in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Music and artistic director Nir…

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A Little Lesson in Gospel

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Local Pastor Victor Bell and members of the UCSB Gospel Choir led members of the community in a Gospel sing-in as a prelude to a performance by the incredible Soweto Gospel Choir. The plaza outside Campbell Hall reverberated with mighty sounds of praise and joy as hundreds joined in the…

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Wicked Funny

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David Ives has taken Moliere’s biting satirical wit and punched it up a few notches to create “The School for Liars,” a rapid-fire delight filled with deliciously rhyming dialog and non-stop action laced with slapstick and dizzying fun now, playing at the New Vic Theatre. Following and amplifying the template…

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