Adam Rafferty may be a name that is new to you, but you will be doing yourself a big favour to introduce your ears to his music. Already a seasoned jazz guitarist at the time, Rafferty's conversion to fingerstyle resulted in a jazz-infused guitar style that is all his own.
Here is my review of Gratitude by Adam Rafferty
This is a great CD that I think every guitarist will want to own. The playing on it is consistently excellent. The recording is very good, although I would have preferred a little less reverb on some of the ballads, if only to enjoy the timbre of the guitar more. The ballads are excellent, and the rest of the tracks really swing. The breadth of guitar techniques is truly incredible but they are never used a sheer pyrotechnics, but always to enhance the music. And terrific music this is!
You can buy Gratitude at Adam Rafferty's web site: www.adamrafferty.com
or at CD Baby (where you can also hear excertps and download it): http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamrafferty
You also will not want to miss Adam's great instructional DVD on How to Play the Music of STEVIE WONDER. Read my review here.
And on September 1, 2009 Adam will release his CD Chameleon. Read my review here.