Julie Bergman

Apr 28, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Kate Koenig |Julie Bergman |Mark Small |Gretchen Menn

Jiji plops to the floor the moment she sees there are cats. Allowing them to approach at their own pace, she earns their immediate approval. She is swarmed with purrs and fluffiness as we sit in my apartment, talking about music, matcha, and the Steven Mackey guitar concerto that we are both scheduled to perform—Jiji with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in March, and I with the Utah Symphony in April. I hand her the Kenny Hill classical that I currently have on loan.

Mar 3, 2024 | acousticguitar.com | Mac Randall |Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers |James Rotondi |Julie Bergman

In February of 2022, Austrian jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel walked into 25th Street Recording in Oakland, California, to make his 24th album as a leader. Accompanying him were acoustic bassist Scott Colley and drummer Brian Blade, esteemed players with whom he had shared many a gig over the years—and who’d also been the rhythm section for his previous album, 2020’s Angular Blues.