Flavor: For Guitar Lovers

Some of the best music on CD Baby that features guitar whether it be Satriani, Hedges, or Hendrix- here's your shortcut to the albums you'll champion.

BENISE: Carnaval
Experience the romance and passion of fiery spanish guitars, gypsy violins, and sizzling exotic rhythms. world music at it's best. As seen on PBS
Recommended if you like Gipsy Kings, Ottmar Liebert, Jesse Cook.
MP3 price: $17.97
PRASANNA: Electric Ganesha Land
You have never heard a guitar album like this
Recommended if you like Van Halen, Pat Metheny, Eric Johnson.
CD price: $17.99 / MP3 price: $17.99
ANDRE LAFOSSE: Disruption Theory
A sonic gene-splice of lead guitar, jungle beats, and fragmented post-ambient textures.
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Squarepusher.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
ALEX MASI: In the Name of Mozart
classical guitar with a modern approach
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
TONY GRACI: Reflections on Steel
Reflections on Steel is a wistful and worldly collection of acoustic and slide guitar instrumentals that are melodic, soothing and relaxing to the ear.
Recommended if you like Ry Cooder, Keb' Mo', Jerry Douglas.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
BARUN KUMAR PAL WITH RAY SPIEGEL: Ragas on Slide Guitar
Classical East Indian Ragas performed on the Indian Slide Guitar by Barun Kumar Pal, one of India's greatest living musicians, and Ray Spiegel, a Japanese-American percussionist and professional tabla player.
Recommended if you like Mickey Hart, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
PAUL LANDSBERG / BERT PETERS: The Road That Sings To Me
Thoughtful originals, standards and bossas played on acoustic guitars. This guitar duo album has a very intimate, unhurried and spacious feel. A treat to listen to.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
GO BY TRAIN: Go By Train
What the future should have sounded like, the sound of tomorrow today, a cathartic noise for a disappointing world.
Recommended if you like John Scofield, Weather Report.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
VISHWA MOHAN BHATT: Samadhi
This remarkable musician again astounds the audience with his mastery of the Mohan Vina.. a unique Indian slide guitar of his own invention.A solo performance of the highest quality.
CD price: $17.99
VINCENT VARVEL: ...Not A Creature Was Stirring...
"...Not A Creature Was Stirring..." features Vince Varvel's brilliant guitar versions of nine holiday classics. This wonderous instrumental collection is peaceful and joyous, evoking the pure sentiment of Christmas.
Recommended if you like Daniel Lanois, Pat Metheny.
CD price: $10.99 / MP3 price: $10.99
GARY SEBER: Candle Power
This amazing acoustic guitar technique was once described as "Percussive Fingerstyle" because one plays the neck of the guitar somewhat like a piano.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges, Preston Reed, Kaki King.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
PRESTON REED: Metal
One of the most unique and challenging guitar albums EVER. Reed runs the gamut of orchestral and multi-textural jazz to bluegrass and down-and-dirty funk, it will slip into your heart after one listen.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny, Bill Evans.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
DOMINIC GAUDIOUS: Where I Stand
Combines Spanish, Indian, Folk and classical guitar influences to conjure up engaging new age music.
Recommended if you like Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke.
MP3 price: $15.00
PLANKTON: Humble Colossus
BRILLIANT SECOND DISC FROM THIS AMAZING DUAL INTRUMENTAL HEAVY GUITAR BAND FROM SWEDEN WITH AN AUTHENTIC RETRO-70'S HENDRIX MEETS GOV'T MULE BLUESY HEAVY GUITAR VIBE.
Recommended if you like Jimi Hendrix, Robin Trower, Frank Marino.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
SAM CRAIN: Jazz Guitar Vol 2
Bigger and badder than its predecessor(Jazz Guitar), this CD features some burnin' solo, duo, and trio selections, plus selected home-studio cuts. A jazz guitar lover's delight.
Recommended if you like Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, George Benson.
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
VICTOR VILLADANGOS: Hora Libre
Exposes contemporary solo guitar material that is as novel as it is captivating, that is as Argentinean as it is universal.
Recommended if you like Astor Piazzolla.
CD price: $16.99
ALAN GOODMAN: Romance Revenge Redemption
Straight from the heart to the hands, this is solo guitar at its purest: rich, stark, tragic, hopeful...human
Recommended if you like Paco de Lucía, Steve Howe, Vicente Amigo.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
DUARTE: Leyenda
A blend of Spanish, Brazilian and Classical guitar work with a light jazz touch. The setting is both solo performance as well as three of the Brazilian pieces played with a full rhythm section and percussion. The playing here is breathtakingly beautiful.
Recommended if you like Ottmar Liebert, Earl Klugh, Andrés Segovia.
CD price: $10.95 / MP3 price: $7.95
FLAVIO CUCCHI: Classico per un Momento
Flavio Cucchi is a viruoso guitarist par excellence. He plays with unequaled speed and fire and passion.
Recommended if you like Django Reinhardt, Johann Strauss II, Pepe Romero, Glenn.
CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
CLARELYNN ROSE: Meadow Run
A phenomenal fingerstyle guitar collection, a Top 10 CD with New Age Reporter. Light and lively, yet peaceful and soothing. Rest in the joy, the intimacy and beauty of these guitar solos by one of the top lady fingerstyle players around.
Recommended if you like John Renbourn, Al Petteway, Pierre Bensusan.
CD price: $14.99 / MP3 price: $14.99
PRESTON REED: Handwritten Notes
A hypnotic look at world jazz styles with mellow finger style guitar and moving progressions.
CD price: $16.00 / MP3 price: $16.00
JAMES RYAN: Blown
Instrumental Rock guitar casserole. A spicy mix of modern Satriani inspired mayhem, with a twist of acidic drum and synth flavours, tossed with a large portion of blues spices...It suits many guitar tastes as well as lovers of exciting rock guitar hymns.
Recommended if you like Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai.
CD price: $12.97