Discovered Tapes: Showpieces/ Various - Discovered Tapes: ShowpiecesRuggiero Ricci followed the tradition of Vasa Prihoda, the Czech virtuoso, who performed Paganini as a central part of his repertory (Ricci gave the US premieres of both the 4th and 6th Violin Concertos). Giving so much attention to the works of the Genoese composer, as he later said, he learned much of the violin technique from Paganini's works. Mainly for this reason, Ricci was often associated with Paganini, but during his life he was firmly

Barrios did not follow this path

he underwent a profound personal crisis that led him to unfathomable suffering

Burroughs would play back his tape recorder experiments featuring his spoken word "cut-ups"

Celebrated Mexican-born pianist Jorge Federico Osorio

"I'm not asking for sympathy

" Liner notes include descriptions of each track

the 15-track album sees appearances from Kenny Muney

The guitarist had an aim to create a "new standard" when it came to crafting an instrumental guitar record

For fans of Joe Satriani

Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series

carry on the family tradition of caring for abused and neglected horses at their Alberta Rocky Mountain ranch

all interspersed amongst monster Metal riffs