Stephen Bennett - Harp Guitar
Stephen Bennett
About Stephen Bennett
Whether playing his great-grandfather's harp guitar, his 1930 National Steel or a standard 6-string, Stephen Bennett is a musician to hear. His playing has won awards and critical praise. In live performance and on record, his diverse musical influences and interests are joined with a lifelong love affair with the sound of guitar strings.
SB signature model Morris guitar
January 14th, 2010
A beautiful 6-string Morris guitar with my signature inlaid at the 12th fret is available from my friends at Artisan Guitars in Franklin, Tennessee. It’s a wonderful instrument!
Harp Guitar Gatherings
January 7th, 2010
The Eighth Annual Harp Guitar Gathering is scheduled for November 12-14, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. To have a look at our last event, held in Williamsburg, Virginia October 30 – November 1, 2009: click here Mind you, it was Halloween!
And to read a recent interview with my most illustrious partner in harp guitar [...]
On the cover with TE in Japan!!!
January 7th, 2010
I’m very excited to announce that I’m currently on the cover of Acoustic Guitar Book, the premiere Japanese acoustic guitar magazine, for their December issue. And I’m there with my friend (and the source of much inspiration) Tommy Emmanuel, which makes it even more of a delight for me. Tommy’s arguably the most [...]
New CD – Good Wood – is out!
January 6th, 2010
My great-grandfather’s harp guitar (Big Mama) turned 100 in 2009 – and that’s reason to celebrate! I did so by traveling with this wonderful instrument around the world (3 trips to Canada, all around the US, Latvia, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Japan). Everywhere I went, people were amazed by the sound of this [...]
International Guitar Night Tour in US underway!
January 6th, 2010
I spent most of November touring in Canada with International Guitar Night. On January 13, the American leg of this tour kicks off in Baton Rouge. I am joined by Israeli nylon string guitarist Itamar Erez, German guitarist Lulo Reinhardt (yes, of that esteemed family) and of course, the founder of IGN – [...]
Just Plain Folks award for Best Solo Guitar Album
January 6th, 2010
On August 29, 2009, I accepted the award for Best Solo Guitar Album for my cd Reflections! I was also asked to perform at the 7 hour long, Grammy-style award show held at the WildHorse Saloon in Nashville. It was a great honor and a lot of fun! Congrats to my talented [...]
Welcome!
January 6th, 2010
Greetings and a Happy New Year to everyone! Thanks for visiting my site. There have been some changes in my life this last year and I’m looking forward to 2010. After neglecting it for some time, harpguitar.com has finally been rebuilt and is now live at the beginning of this new year. [...]
Store Open
December 4th, 2009
Most of my recordings are available for sale in my online store. Since I have too much stock sitting around of some of the titles, there are great sale prices!
Check it out!
And – I will have individual tab/music transcriptions of some of my tunes available for sale within the week!
New courses coming…
December 4th, 2009
The instructional guitar course I did with TrueFire a couple of years ago is getting lots of good feedback. It’s called Fingerstyle Finesse and is available on the Store page. Throughout the course, I emphasize and demonstrate key concepts such as the importance of melody in all aspects of your playing and composition, [...]