Jose Gonzalez Youtube
I’ve always liked the texture of a nylon string guitar and voice together. One of my favorite acoustic nylon string singer songwriters is the Swedish based guitar player Jose Gonzalez.
I find the nylon string guitar to be a very different instrument to the acoustic steel string, although the tunings are the same, the texture of the nylon string guitar is not same as the steel, the way the strings feel and the way they respond, each requires a particular set of skills to master. Jumping from one instrument to the next e.g. a steel or electric guitar, you will find your need a little time to adapt and get used the way the instruments react. Each instrument has its own virtues, the same song, with same fingering played on both a nylon string and a steel can easily sound like another arrangement. The beauty of the nylon string classical is that there is a long tradition of tunes arranged for it, although the tunes can be played on a steel string, it requires a certain amount of work to get the tunes sit right.
Keep an eye out for Jose Gonzalez touring, he’s in his own niche and has quite a fan base of people of a very broad age group.
Here’s a great tune by the legendary John Martyn
seems to have some style like John Martyn