It’s always good to see young guitarists coming through and flying the flag for acoustic instrumental music. Miami-based 21-year-old instrumentalist Conor Moore spent time studying jazz but has seemingly found his nook in the American primitive style guitar genre.
Chamber Music is very much a solo effort and has been recorded with the minimum of fuss and frills; there is a pleasing simplicity to this approach, and it leaves Conor nowhere to hide. Thankfully, he’s good for it, with a pretty solid technique and plenty of creativity. That’s not to say the performances are perfect; the rhythm wavers here and there, and Conor is clearly still carving out his own style, but it’s all charming stuff. The cover of Ali Farka Touré’s and Toumani Diabaté’s…