Michael Hedges (1954-1997)
"I'm not trying to play the guitar;
Michael was perhaps the greatest modern composer
His flambouyant style belied the technical
I'm trying to play music." -MH
for fingerstyle guitar and undoubtedly its greatest
performing master. His death by car accident in
December of 1997 was a tragic loss to those who were
touched daily by his art, and to the contemporary
music world in general.
precision he dedicated to and demanded of his instruments.
A studied musicican with advanced degrees in
performance and composition, Michael was nevertheless
devoted to the living beauty of music, and sought to
bring the joyful sound of life into everything
he wrote, sang, and did.
The website NomadLand , supported by
his friends and record company Windham Hill,
is devoted to his life and work,
and rather than try to approximate it here we
urge you to visit it and experience for yourself the
gift that was Michael Hedges.
Click the icon below to visit NomadLand
"Heaven is all around,
Translated into sound." -MH
