LJ NEWS
'Under An Indigo Sky' arrives as limited edition 12" vinyl LP on Record Store Day
Special in-store performances:
April 20th 6:30pm at Fingerprints Music in Long Beach CA
April 21st 2pm at Freakbeat Records Sherman Oaks CA
CD and iTunes release on April 23rd
New CD/DVD combo 'Catch LJ Live!' is out now! Watch the promo video here
Check the concert schedule for LJ's upcoming concerts - new dates being added all the time.
Newly released as a single - 'Still Alive', a duet with Paul Williams. Available exclusively on iTunes to coincide with the release of the documentary
of the same name.
Wildwood Guitars in Colorado have only a few guitars left in their limited edition of the LJ signature model Martin in koa.
More information and videos here. Blog post about the whole series and the different woods here.
LJ's award-winning 'Guitar Noir' DVD-AV was re-released by the audiophile label AIX Records late October.
Review of 'Soul Of Light' from minor7th.com
Laurence Juber is one of today’s most popular solo guitarists. His live performances feature a mix of originals and crowd-pleasing arrangements of pop tunes, ranging from Harold Arlen’s "It’s Only a Paper Moon" and Beatles favorites to Jimi Hendrix’s classic "Little Wing." This CD is a retrospective of Juber’s own compositions, and is notable for several reasons. First, although Juber wrote and first recorded most of these pieces over the last 30 years, the performances are new and played on various LJ signature Martin guitars. His body of work as a composer for solo guitar is both varied and consistently high in quality, and the selections here represent his output very well. His decision to revisit these pieces led him to record the album in his high-quality home studio and subtly reinterpret the material with interludes and new improvisations. The disc begins with "Silhouette", which Juber previously released in solo and duet versions (the latter on the bonus disc X4). The tune begins in a minor key, then modulates to its relative major for an effective change in mood. Five short interludes add cohesiveness to the set and effectively introduce each full-length tune that follows; e.g., "Pre-Flight", which precedes "Solo Flight", and "Kanan Dunes", the prelude to "PCH" (i.e., Pacific Coast Highway). Although I don’t have set lists of Juber’s live performances, he hasn’t played most of these pieces at shows I’ve attended, nor has he presented a program of original material like this. It bears mentioning here that many of Juber’s arrangements and improvisations take advantage of the close chord voicings possible in DADGAD tuning (in contrast to the approach of early DADGAD guitarists Davey Graham, Martin Carthy and their cohorts, who used the tuning to articulate melodies). Largely because of this, he’s widened the musical landscape for solo guitar. Every one of the full-length pieces here is a gem, though some of my favorites are "Mosaic", "Blue Lullaby", and the new composition, "Father Time", which closes the program. "Soul of Light" is one of Laurence Juber’s best efforts; it reflects his skills as a composer and player in exemplary fashion. © Patrick Ragains
LJ is playing acoustic, with Patrice Rushen on piano and Tom Scott on sax, on the Evan Rachel Wood track 'I'll Have You Any Time'
He is also playing electric and acoustic guitar on the Seal/Jeff Beck Like A Rolling Stone. Both are tracks on the The Amnesty International 'Chimes Of Freedom' collection.
