Classical Guitar Dispatch

S1 Ep 6: LAGQ Part 1 Eh, Go Ahead...Meet Your Heroes

THEME Today’s dispatch comes from Los Angeles. Well, sort of. Today’s dispatch actually comes from parts of California, Brazil, and Spain, where the current and past mem

CGD Book Club: "Julian Bream, A Life on the Road" Livestream

A big thank you to everyone who tuned into the first Classical Guitar Dispatch livestream! I loved hearing about readers’ favorite moments from Tony Palmer’s “Julian Brea

S1 Ep 5: Julian Bream: a (re)introduction

THEME Today’s dispatch comes from St. Leonard’s Churchyard in Semley, Wiltshire, a picturesque county in southwest England. St. Leonard’s is the final tour stop of Juli

S1 Ep 4: Christopher Parkening, J.S. Bach, and Banana Boxes

THEME Today’s Dispatch comes from my hometown in rural Pennsylvania on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. I was twelve years old, and doing my best to avoid food-prep chores when

S1 Ep 3: The Noble Profession, Part 2

THEME I had a wonderful education. I came into the music degree process underprepared and a bit terrified, but hungry to devour as much music and art as I could cram int

S1 Ep 2: The Noble Profession, Part 1

THEME Today’s Dispatch comes from the teaching studio. I’ve occupied a number of them over a 25-year span, ranging in aesthetic appeal from a dingy backroom owned by a g

S1 Ep 1: Cochran & McAllister in Sutherland, Scotland

THE CLASSICAL GUITAR DISPATCH S1 Ep 1: Cochran & McAllister in Sutherland, Scotland I’m Matthew Cochran. Welcome to the first episode of the Classical Guitar Dispatch,

Guitar in Scottish Flow Country and Hard Goodbyes

This is a snippet from the first episode of the Classical Guitar Dispatch, where Matthew McAllister and I visit master luthier Michael Ritchie and his partner, master bak

Searching for the Soul of the Guitar

Searching for the Soul of the Guitar I’m Matthew Cochran, host of the Classical Guitar Dispatch, this brand-new podcast that you are kind enough to be listening to. Norm