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Gates of Gnomeria is a collection of Andy McKee original songs and two covers. His cover of Björk's Venus as a Boy is a stunning multi-track arrangement of one of her best known songs from her debut. Joined by Bassist Jeff Schmidt on two songs, A Sphere and Dependant Arising, the songs on Gates of Gnomeria as a collection are more laid-back than on Art of Motion and convey larger musical ideas at the same time.

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In my humble opinion, Andy is the most innovative and exciting fingerstyle guitarist to emerge in years. Still in his 20's, Andy has developed a mastery of the 6-string guitar and the harp guitar that leaves me speechless. He is the most textural player of the instrument since Michael Hedges, and he creates sonic architecture worthy of the great modern composers for any instrument. - Don Ross

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Andy McKee's 2004 release, Dreamcatcher contains many fan favorites such as his cover of Toto's Africa and The Friend I Never Met, which Andy wrote as a tribute to the late Michael Hedges. In Dreamcatcher, you can already hear Andy's unique voice on the instrument that has gained him fans worldwide. His song-writing draws in listeners and pulls-out emotions through the power of his music.

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"Live in Your Head" is a collection of solo and ensemble live recordings from concerts, collected by Don Ross over the past five years. This 80-minute CD has been carefully assembled and mixed by Don Ross personally.

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Don Ross's latest released, Music for Vacuuming, shows a renewed optimism in Don's creative approach thanks to the wonderful changes in his life.

One of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world.

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On Robot Monster, Don includes some of his trademark urban-music inspired tuned for solo acoustic guitar, as well as several collaborative efforts. Three of the tunes on the new CD were co-composed with Berlin-based composer Christoph Bendel. The two started to collaborate after Christoph sent an example of a remix that he had made of Don's tune "So Little Time" from his Passion Session CD of 1999. Christoph's father Knut Becker was the recording engineer for Passion Session, and Christoph had brilliantly taken snippets of the recording and remixed them into a very funky groove. For Don, it was love at first listen. Despite being based 7,000 miles apart, the two musicians collaborated on a total of three tunes for the new CD: "So Much Time", "I Think of You", and "Oh Baby".

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Huron Street (released in 2001), is comprised of 12 new performances of pieces already familiar to his fans in Canada. Since the tunes originally appeared on CDs that were only ever released in Canada, Don decided to make some of his favourite earlier pieces available to the wider audience he reaches through his association with Narada Records. All 12 performances are new, each taking a unique twist on the tunes: some of these have appeared before as ensemble pieces and are now captured solo. Two pieces that were originally recorded solo are now presented as duets with amazing upright bassist Jordan O'Connor. The reaction has been very positive, with Huron Street reaching the Top Ten on Billboard's New Age chart in the summer of 2001.

Solo Acoustic Guitar

Don's Passion Session CD, recorded in Berlin's Passionskirche, was released in March 1999 on Narada/Virgin Records. The recording brings Don back to his roots as a solo fingerstyle guitarist, as he produces his first totally solo album ever for Narada's Masters of Acoustic Guitar series. Don got the news of the offer of a new contract with Narada while on tour in Germany in November 1998. The planned release date for his first CD for the company was so soon that he decided to team up with his recording engineer friend Knut Becker right away and record the album straight to two-track digital through a Schoeps stereo microphone in the acoustically perfect confines of the Passionskirche (The Church of the Passion) in Berlin's funky Kreuzberg neighbourhood.

Instrumental Acoustic

 Loaded. Leather. Moonroof., released in November, 1997. The album "...is a further exploration for a rich sense of harmony and groove," according to Don. The CD treats Don's listeners to a compilation of diverse sounds that reflects his influence by all types of music. On this album, Don passionately plays the six-string and seven-string guitars as well as the dobro. He is often accompanied by several other musicians whom all add their specialty.

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In the fall of 1996 Don released Wintertide, an instrumental album of traditional Christmas tunes played in his trademark style. Lynn Saxberg of the Ottawa Citizen called the CD a "masterpiece," and the public response was no less enthusiastic.

Instrumental Acoustic

This Dragon Won't Sleep, released in 1995, features full band arrangements on most of the tracks and a few solo guitar pieces. Afraid to Dance, one of Don’s most requested song’s to perform live, highlights the diverse range of acoustic music on this CD. He is often accompanied by several other musicians whom all add their specialty.