Riffs: Luthier's Bauhaus, Live Music Spending Up, José González, Gypsy Guitarist Back In USA

Luthier Builds Bauhaus Post-Bulletin Rochester, MN, luthier, Michael Keller, recently finished his Bauhaus guitar. Keller has been working on the guitar for two years for Dave Bricker, a jazz

	Luthier Builds Bauhaus Post-Bulletin Rochester, MN, luthier, Michael Keller, recently finished his Bauhaus guitar. Keller has been working on the guitar for two years for Dave Bricker, a jazz guitar player and art professor at the University of Miami. Read the article, which has a video of Keller describing and strumming his newest stringed beauty. Also visit Keller''s web site to see the rest of his work.
	Live Music Spending Up This Year from the Hollywood Reporter If your band wasn''t planning on hitting the road this year, you might want to think again. Despite a slowing economy, this article says corporate spending on live music is up this year. According to a recent study, North American companies have spent $1.04 billion to sponsor music this year, which is a 4% increase over 2007.
	José González The Swedish-born (his parents are Argentinian) classical guitarist José González is currently on his "In Our Nature" tour. The Edinburgh Evening News recently wrote an article about the acoustic musician''s recent performance. If you are unfamiliar with González''s style, watch his live videos: Down the Line and Killing For Love. If you like those, watch his Musicians@Google interview.
	Biréli Lagrène, Back in the USA from All About Jazz After a three-year hiatus, renowned gypsy guitarist Biréli Lagrène is appearing at the Django Reinhardt & Charlie Christian: Celebration of the Jazz Guitar in New York City on May 2 and May 3.