Richard Hunter’s Advanced Harmonica Technique Workshop: Program Notes
Introduction The purpose of this workshop is to cover a wide range of approaches to playing music on the harmonica. The workshop isn’t aimed at jazz, or blues, or folk, or any other style in particular; the techniques and approaches we cover here will help…
How to get the most from a jam session
Originally published in GuitarSam eZine Vol. 23 Finding Jam Sessions Most local papers now list jams and open mics by style (folk, blues, rock, jazz, etc.). Signup times are usually pretty early, like 7:30-8:00 PM. Some places provide a backup band; usually you find out…
The Act of Being Free in One Act
Painting The Act of Being Free in One Act by Dean Hunter-Cutrona Turtle Hill Productions announces the release of Richard Hunter’s solo harmonica CD, The Act of Being Free in One Act. The recording is a virtuosic performance that Kim Field, author of the standard…
Performance Review: Hunter at the Buttonwood Tree, March 1997
By Pete Brunelli Reprinted unedited from the Harp-L Archives by permission of the author After a near miss last year, I finally saw Richard Hunter, live and in person, at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, CT. The Buttonwood is a reading room/performance/exhibit space and as…
The Second Act of Free Being: Recording Notes and Samples
Harmonica Solo, with Guitar, and with Voice, 1997 Recording Notes and Samples Painting From Above by Dean Hunter-Cutrona The Second Act of Free Being, Richard Hunter’s second full-length CD release, was released on May 8, 1998. This page provides notes on the CD’s contents and…
Here's what the critics have to say about Richard Hunter's music:
“Hunter seems to have an uncanny instinct for judging just when to stop or start a harmony, when to bring out an inner voice, when to drop it, and when to change texture completely. . . One cannot have this kind of control without technique,…
Announcing Richard Hunter's The Second Act of Free Being
Painting Communion by Dean Hunter-Cutrona MONROE, CT, USA: Turtle Hill Productions announces the release of Richard Hunter’s second full-length CD, The Second Act of Free Being. Recorded in 1997, The Second Act of Free Being is the followup to Hunter’s 1996 release The Act of…
Liner Notes for Richard Hunter's The Second Act of Free Being
Painting Communion by Dean Hunter-Cutrona I had 3 years since I completed recording The Act of Being Free in One Act, my first CD, to work on the music for this one, and the pieces here go beyond what I was able to do then…
Richard Hunter plays "For Once In My Life" on chromatic and diatonic harps
Pull of the Moon by Richard Hunter
