Aaron's New Album TODAY - Guitar America 250


New Album TODAY!

Larget-Caplan's twelfth album and first for Navona Records, Guitar America 250 explores a diverse nation, its ideals and contradictions, and its reinventions and dreams through traditional American songs from before the Civil War through the World Wars, classical 20th & 21st century composers, and icons Paul Simon and Eddie Van Halen.

21 tracks of guitar solos, spoken word, and a premiere recording of Florence Price.
Poets include Frances Harper, James Madison, Thoreau-Cage, and Walt Whitman
*Autographed CDs available via Bandcamp or at concerts*

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Upcoming Album Release Events

Themed concerts being added throughout 2026 with Rhizome Arts

Almost 2-years in the making and multiple rejections for fear of politics, WE DID IT!!

A massive THANK YOU to collaborators Irina Muresanu (violin), Spoken word artists Jeffrey Lependorf, Trevor Neal, and the late Charles Coe. Composers David Liptak and Ian Wiese, the Hovhaness Family, John Cage Trust, Frederick Hand, American Composers Alliance, and Edition Peters. The fantastic Steve Hunt for mixing-mastering (our 8th!) and the lovely Futura Productions and John Weston.
Grand merci to Navona Records, who saw the challenge of the times and stepped up!
Dedicated to my love, Catherine.
Musically,
Aaron

Upcoming Events

  • March 22 • Boston Bach Birthday 341 – Bach and Barrios
  • April 6 • Career in the Arts Lecture, Salem State University
  • May 17 • Harbor Harmonies, Fortpoint, Seaport, Boston

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New Album March 6! Larget-Caplan's twelfth album and first for Navona Records, Guitar America 250 explores a diverse nation, its ideals and contradictions, and its reinventions and dreams through traditional American songs from before the Civil War through the World Wars, classical 20th & 21st century composers, and icons Paul Simon and Eddie Van Halen PRE-SAVE 21 tracks of guitar solos, spoken word, and a premiere recording for violin and guitar by Florence Price. (watch album video below)...