The London Acoustic Guitar Show will be held this September 10th and 11th at the London Olympia Conference Centre featuring live music and masterclasses from the World’s top Acoustic masters such as Pierre Bensusan, Martin Taylor, John Rebourn, Clive Carrol, Preston Reed and many many more:

Only ten days left until the mighty Monkeyfest 2011 begins with performance and workshops from the likes of Guthrie Govan, Andy James, Alex Hutchings, Godsized, Haken, Rob Chapman, Lyle Watt, Jess Lewis and many many more including myself .

Sponsors include Marshall Amplification, Blackstar Amplification, D’Addario and Andertons Music with great giveaways and freebies for all who attend.

Tickets will not be available on the door so if you are thinking of going time is running out to get your tickets!

The July issue of Guitar Player Magazine with an interview with Guthrie Govan is now available!

Don’t know if it’s available in the shops here in the UK yet but it is available online or via the iPad at Zinio.

Nabbing my copy right now!

Some more news from Facebook, Andy Wood will be teaming up with jamtrackcentral.com to offer some instructional material.

Here’s what Andy said:

starting a cool project next week with bluesjamtracks/jamtrackcentral.com gonna be having some instructional stuff headed your way real soon

Just spotted this on Musicradar, the Guitarist Of The Year top 5 finalists have been announced!

And they are….*drum roll*

• Steve Kelly
• Conrad Harpham
• James Peach
• Nick Andrew
• Rick Graham

Awesome to see both Nick Andrew and Rick Graham make the finals

The finals themselves will be held at the London Guitar Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 4th