Michael DeLalla

“One of the very best acoustic guitarists in the world....music of the most exquisite order.”             Matt Fink, All Music Guide 

Over a long and storied career that has brought him to stages in 44 states and several countries, guitarist/composer Michael DeLalla has been serving up a delicious brew of his solo guitar compositions and arrangements drawn on musical traditions gathered worldwide. He celebrates his multi-cultural musical habitats in a variety of settings, from a capella  kan e diskan in Breton Gaelic, to evocations of Japanese koto music and the North African o’ud, to tweaking the nose of the classical music world with his raucous "Piece for Steel Drum (If I Played Steel Drum)" to his double homage to Benjamin Britten and Thelonious Monk (“Nocturnal Scenes ‘Round About Midnight”).

Michael also conducts workshops around the country based on his book The Mindful Guitarist. Through these highly interactive workshops he explores his principles on the Creative Process through a range of topics, for both guitarists and non-guitarists, where he guides participants through artistic principles we can employ to create a cohesion and connectedness in all our daily endeavors. 

 “… a sublime and uniquely crafted sonic landscape…DeLalla creates a sonic vibrancy on this CD that is rich, remarkable and revelatory.”

Minor 7th.com, about his compositions on his recording This Is How I Disappear