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WESTERLY — Legendary acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke, admired widely for his fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz and folk music, and for his syncopated, polyphonic melodies, will perform at
For the first time ever, the renowned Leo Kottke and prodigious Julian Lage share the bill for an evening of instrumental music. As part of a three-town tour in Colorado, Lage kicks off the shows...
Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11. After adding a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt to the music of John Phillip Sousa and Preston Epps, Kottke joined the Navy underage, to be underwater, and eventually lost some hearing shooting at lightbulbs in the Atlantic while serving on the USS Halfbeak, a diesel submarine.
The year 1959 is widely considered a pivotal moment in music history, with groundbreaking works from legendary artists paving the way for the future of popular music. From the emergence of rock and roll to the evolution of jazz and the birth of Motown, the year was filled with innovative and memorable songs that have
