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Pino Forastiere
Pino Forastiere: Circolare
by C. Michael Bailey
Circolare is no more jazz than Leo Kottke or the late Michael Hedges. But that is no matter. Pino Forastiere is a guitarist of expansive talent, both in composition and performance. He employs complex tuning paradigms and plays this a combination of plucking and fret-board hammering that reflects a synthesis of Kottke, Hedges, Eddie Van Halen and the army beyond who perfected the fret-board tapping technique of guitar playing (including Stanley Jordan). What sets Forastiere apart is that he accomplishes ...
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