Adrian Legg can be heard occasionally as an at-large commentator on the National Public Radio program All Things Considered. But he is best known for his wizardry with a guitar. Legg is performing at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Valentine’s Day.
Adrian Legg will perform at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14.
England’s Guitar magazine describes Legg as “impossible to categorize as a player.” Renowned and awarded for his unique amalgamation of acoustic and electric guitar and the way he blends diverse musical styles and inspirations into a distinctive sound all his own, Legg has been hailed as “one of the wizards” of the guitar, “an adventurer” and “a genius.”
In addition to his distinguished career as a live performer, recording artist, and composer, he is an innovator in guitar design and amplification technology, an instructor, photographer, writer, and author, witty and engaging between-song onstage raconteur, and an at-large commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
Since the 1990 release of his first U.S. recording,
Guitars and Other Cathedrals, Legg has won numerous awards and accolades. The readers of the U.K.’s Guitarist magazine voted him Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade (1984-94), and in Guitar Player’s readers’ poll he was named Best Acoustic Fingerstylist for four years running (1993-96).
In 2000, the year after Legg released his second Red House Records disc, Fingers & Thumbs, the Philadelphia Inquirer enthused, “There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards. He has enough technique to do just about anything he wants, but also the sensitivity to honor the contours of a melody.”
The Music Association will offer a “Sweetheart of a Special” for the Grand Marais show, offering one free youth ticket with each adult admission. For more information, contact the Music Association at (218) 387-1272.
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