<\/a>A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Livio Guardi has long been a beacon of the Italian acoustic music scene, infusing his passion for American roots music \u2013 folk, country, and bluegrass – with the traditional music of his Mediterranean homeland.<\/p>\n

With five-string banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and other stringed instruments, Livio performs regularly throughout Europe and the US, both as a solo act and with other noted artists such as singer-songwriter Tom Russell, Tao Todriguez-Seeger (the grandson of Pete Seeger), and the noted mandolinist Tony Williamson.\u00a0 His many recordings both as solo and collaborative works, includes the ones with Italo-American guitarist Wilson Montuori, Pietro Sabatini, and the “Spaghetti Grass” band.<\/p>\n

Also a teacher of various stringed instruments such as the acoustic guitar (Fingerpicking, \u00a0Flatpicking, Slide, Open Tunings), the five string banjo (clawhammer, two and three finger picking), the mandolin, harmonica and ukelele.<\/p>\n

He has released 9 CD’s<\/a>, as a solo Artist and as a Duo (with Wilson Montuori and with Pietro Sabatini), published 2 Instructional Books, the first one “Mediterranean Banjo<\/a>“, where it features traditional and original tunes (CD enclosed) purposely transcripted for the Five String Banjo, so far the one and only text ever written on this subject.<\/p>\n

The second book, entitled “Traditional and Contemporary Fingerpicking Guitar<\/a>” (also with enclosed CD), is a compilation of Guitar Tunes that draw\u00a0 from various styles, such as Old-Time Country Music, Blues, Folk Music, Celtic, Jazz and Contemporary Sounds.<\/p>\n

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A multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Livio Guardi has long been a beacon of the Italian acoustic music scene, infusing his passion for American roots music \u2013 folk, country, and bluegrass – with the traditional music of his Mediterranean homeland. With five-string banjo, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, and other stringed instruments,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n