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.
Gigs in Connecticut
July 23rd, 2010
I’ll be at the SONO Festival in South Norwalk on August 8th and also just lined up a show at the Milford Center For The Arts on August 28th. To get a ticket for this show click here
Finally – a couple of shows in the state I now live in! More shows here are percolating, but for [...]
Summer doings…
July 23rd, 2010
Greetings to the world. I’m clearly not so good at keeping up here as I haven’t written anything in a few months. Oh well…
The latest news, hmm, let’s see:
- The next cd project is rapidly nearing completion. This is the collection of rock tunes for harp guitar that I recorded a few months ago. It’s [...]
New Magazine Appearances
April 23rd, 2010
I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of Spring.
For those of you interested, I’m in a couple of guitar magazines currently out on newsstands. There’s an article on harp guitars in Spring Issue of The Fretboard Journal in which my name appears not unfavorably. And for those of you who speak [...]
Recording for new cd finished!
March 30th, 2010
Greetings one and all,
I’m back home after a couple of weeks away. I spent the bulk of last week in the studio with my friend and intrepid recording engineer, Kim Person. Together we recorded the next cd. It’s my arrangements of an assortment of rock tunes from 1967-74. I picked [...]
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. [...]