
A People's History of the Guitar is about people, guitars, people and their guitars, and guitars and their people. We'll be exploring histories, origins, innovation, triumphs, and tragedies, and talking to well-known, little known, and unknown people who make music with the guitar, and who make, and think about the instrument. A People's History of the Guitar starts with the idea that the guitar b... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Music CommentaryMusicMusic History | |||

This episode is about Lutes.
Not the Lute we know, but the Lutes we call Lutes that aren't the Lute we know, which came before the Lute we know, which is a Lute that led to the guitar...which is also a Lute. The episode spans a couple of thousand ye... more
From The Lyres of Ur in episode 10, this episode takes us 1,000 years into the future, and 1,000 miles to the west of Mesopotamia, to ancient Egypt. Once we're there, we'll find a 3,500 year-old musical instrument, played by the in-house musician of ... more
In this episode we uncover the oldest existing examples of the kinds of string instruments that led to the guitar. They're called The Lyres of Ur, they're over 4,000 years old, and they were discovered in the 1930s by someone with the best name ever ... more
Episode nine about the word guitar. That's not bad grammar, its a question: what is the origin of the word, guitar?
It's an odd word with deep roots, and the evolution of the word tracks with the evolution of the instrument itself. Join me for a sl... more
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