Guitar Houston presents the Texas Guitar Quartet

04.27.13

Forged in Austin in 2005, the Texas Guitar Quartet has firmly established a reputation as a premier guitar ensemble in Texas. The program includes selections by Albeniz, Bach, Beethoven, Willi

Art opening reception: One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - Guitar Art, No Strings Attached

Cactus Music and Record Ranch

03.02.13

Gain a unique perspective on popular music's most cherished guitar players in One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer. – Guitar Art, No Strings Attached, an exhibition to open at The Record Ran

Worth The Wait

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder falls hard for Houston, wins over patient fans in hot-ticket solo night

By Reid Schroder

11.13.12 | 9:57 am

If you were driving down Louisiana Street on Monday evening, you might have noticed an unusual throng of flannel-clad twenty- and thirtysomethings milling around Jones Hall. Though not a typica ...

Da Camera presents "Guitar Masters: Eliot Fisk and Bill Frisell"

Wortham Theater Center

01.26.13

Two masters of guitar – one from the classical music world and one from jazz – come together for an adventurous evening of solo sets and duets. From Bach and Villa-Lobos to American sta

The Flamenco Poets Society's Café Cantante Series 2012 presents "Ritmos Flamencos – Flamenco Rhythms"

11.17.12

The Flamenco Poets Society opens its 2012 Café Cantante Series with San Antonio flamenco guitarist Randy "El Garrobo" Cordero. He will perform "Ritmos Flamencos / Flamenco Rhy

Center for Performing Arts Medicine Concert: Texas Music Festival Guitar Institute

06.14.12

This recital features talented young artists partaking in the 23rd annual Texas Music Festival at University of Houston's Moores School of Music, studying under the leadership of faculty member

Profiles of Innovation

An IT kingpin who rocks: CEO Jack Brandt goes from Sixth Street to the boardroom

By Greg Scheinman

04.16.12 | 4:38 pm

Most CEOs wouldn’t suggest conducting their interview at Rockin’ Robin Guitars store, but then again Jack Brandt isn’t like most CEOs. For one, he’s as comfortable with ...

Rare Birds

Jazz guitarist Russell Malone talks about playing the notes that count & the intensity of live music

By Chris Becker

11.04.11 | 10:44 am

"This (expletive deleted) hotel!" I've apologized to jazz guitarist Russell Malone for the delay in reaching him at his (not in Houston) hotel, explaining that I had been disconne ...

Sounds of Spain and South America Concert with Duo Athena

11.06.11

Duo Athena — soprano Sandra Johnson and guitarist Valerie Hartzell — will perform a concert of classical guitar and vocal music from Spain and South America, featuring works by Fernando

Da Camera presents guitarist Sharon Isbin and violinist Mark O'Connor

Wortham Theater Center

11.18.11

With five Grammy Awards between them, two unique virtuosos join forces for a remarkable musical evening. Sharon Isbin performs guitar solos by Albeniz, Tarréga and Mangoré as well as