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Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitarist and Composer

Short reflection, Guest Artists, Album Concerts, and 1st Review

Published 6 days ago • 1 min read

Dear Reader,

​Guitar America 250​ • Revolutionaries and Rockstars is off and running! I’ve received positive reviews, held a few interviews, as well as some wonderful notes of appreciation and few comments citing how difficult it is at this time to celebrate the anniversary with what is happening in the United States.

I didn't set out to make a political statement with this album, at least not anymore than any past album: music is important, composers are important, teaching music is important, learning to listen is important, sound is magic, and this is amazing music worth your time.

That said, with what I have learned about the lives of the composers and writers over the two years of creating this recording, I have hope for the present and future. The history of the US, and every other country, is full of horrors, yet music and art was created. Whether for solace, camaraderie, joy, memory, love, or emotions we can't name, music and the need to create is a constant in our world. In the words of Frances Harper (track 4):

Our world, so worn and weary,

Needs music, pure and strong,

To hush the jangle and discords

Of sorrow, pain, and wrong.

On its own, music cannot fix the world, but it may galvanize us, as a people, to do so.

Listen well,
Aaron

April in New England

GA250 Album Release Concerts:​
4/10 - Cape Cod
4/11 - Boston
4/14 - Boston
4/19 - Providence
4/25 - Northampton
4/30 - Central Mass.

Guest Artists

Guitar America 250 features spoken word, so I invited guest artists to join me on each concert. See the schedule and learn about the artists.

New Article: "Be with the Guitar"

A very well fun interview became a very well written article. Thanks Hyperlocal Cape Cod!

“that’s not classical, classical is boring – and that wasn’t boring.”
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Musician Spotlight - Video Interview

I spoke Jack Schoenfeld for a beautifully recorded and edited interview. I especially like the slow-mo tremolo!
Music featured: honey cadence by me.

Listening Links

21 Virginia Street, Boston, MA 02125
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