Boston Guitar Project will be working with Harvard Burma Action Movement in the last two concerts of the season to aid Myanmar cyclone victims. A portion of both evening’s proceeds will be donated to disaster relief funds. I spoke to Ohnmar Khin this morning, president of Harvard BAM. Their own [...]

Boston Guitar Project will be committing its last two concerts of the season to aid cyclone victims in Myanmar. Belgian guitarist Jérôme Mouffe and the Boston-based flute-guitar duo with Erik Puslys and Ona Jonaitytė will appear at Third Life Studio at 33 Union Square at 8:00 pm on May 30 and June 6, respectively. A [...]

I just got back from California! I love San Francisco–I think it may be my favorite place. So far at least. It was a busy week of concerts and tons of outreach with with the South Bay Guitar Society. I owe them a huge thanks for all their hard work and all the coordination with [...]

The Asians in San Francisco found out about my upcoming concert in the Bay Area on Saturday May 10. Jen was very kind to interview me about my work as a guitarist and other ramblings. Check out Part 1 of the interview: http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/08/interview-with-guitarist-steve-lin-part-i/

Wow… I’m very flattered and excited. I just got a wonderful review of my second CD, “Imagen” on Minor7th.com. Check it out here: http://www.minor7th.com/shorttakes6_08.html Here’s the review: Steve Lin, “Imagen,” 2007 The music of Antonio Lauro and Augustin Barrios Mangore has been an inspiration to countless guitarists since the early decades of the 20th century. Both composers [...]

I’ve been on a PBS thing lately. First I saw “King Corn” (or is it King Korn?) on Sunday, which was very thought-provoking. I’m glad to say, I’ve never developed a habit of drinking sodas and eating mega-chain fast foods. Sodas tended to be too sweet for me, and the the mystery meats between the [...]

Today I finally woke from my hibernation and played guitar outside for the first time in ages. And the fact that it’s raining now means that very soon we’ll be seeing leaves on the trees again. I can’t wait to sit outside again. I even feel my moods getting better. Soon the city will be [...]

Wednesday, March 5 @ 8 pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 On Wednesday evening I’ll have the pleasure of performing with the Callithumpian Consort, directed by the wonderful Stephen Drury. The program will include‘…zwei Gefühle…’, Musik mit Leonardo by Helmut Lachenmann. The composer himself will be present and will also take part [...]

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I’ve been listening to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion non-stop for the past who knows how many hours. It’s repeating on its third cycle now. This is amazing music… making me forget about the world.