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.
Carnegie Hall
March 24th, 2025
Hello to all ~ I hope you’re all well. And I thought I’d let you know how my Carnegie Hall appearance went… Very well would be the short answer! Although I knew that I would be leading the finale – singing and playing What A Wonderful World – I didn’t know where in the show my solo slot would […]
Carnegie Hall!
February 26th, 2025
Yes, the one in NYC. On March 22 I will be the “surprise” guest at this show. I’ll be playing two solo pieces and also closing the show in a duet with Jason Ji. Jason was a finalist at the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship last September (which some of you may remember that I won). […]
I will be a guest artist at Andy McKee’s Musicarium in July 2025
December 12th, 2024
What I did last Thursday…
September 24th, 2024
Someday, I will be rightly thought of a has-been. That day, however, has not yet arrived. I know this because, last Thursday, I won the 2024 International Finger Style Guitar Championship! That contest is held in Winfield, Kansas, a place I’ve been to many times. I first went in 1983 and placed 2nd in the […]
On The Nature Of Clouds
September 24th, 2024
That’s the name of the harp guitar tune that I composed earlier this year for a compilation put out by my friend Gregg Miner on his Harp Guitar Music label. The theme of the compilation was Clouds. It was released last week on all the usual streaming and downloading platforms – so please stream and […]
SB (Squared) is here!
August 9th, 2024
CD copies of the new album (with my friend Stephen Bennett) arrived today. It will be showing up soon on all the digital platforms as well. You can read all about it at the LINER NOTES FOR SB (SQUARED) page on this website. If you’d like to get a CD, they’ll be $20 delivered, in […]
SB now available on CD
October 28th, 2023
Because people asked for it, I did a small run of CDs for my most recent album (which is entitled SB). If you’d like a copy, send me $20 via PayPal and I’ll send it to you. My address at PayPal is sb@harpguitar.com. If the CD is to be sent somewhere in the US, that […]
Mr. Zelenskyy
May 18th, 2023
My tune in honor of this rare leader has now been uploaded into the digital distribution network and is now live on several of the various music streaming/downloading platforms in the coming days. As of today, it’s live on Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music, as well as on YouTube. I was joined by my […]