04.16.24
It's album release day! Rubicon II is
released worldwide today by Greydisc Records.
03.31.2024
New album reviews for The Second Realm.
03.30.2024
New album sneak peak!
Observation Light Constant: [ Kevin Kastning: Piano / Mark Wingfield:
Electric guitar], from the Greydisc album Rubicon II. Album release date:
16 April 2024.
03.22.2024
My music will be featured on the
Friday Night Progressive
radio show on Friday 22 March, 2024 at 9 PM US EST.
03.04.2024
I am honored to be the featured Artist of the Month for K&K Pickups.
03.03.2024
Rubicon II, by Kevin Kastning (15-string extended classical guitar;
piano) and Mark Wingfield (electric guitars) will be released by Greydisc
Records on 16 April 2024. More info coming soon.
03.01.2024
Unbending Sky, by Kevin Kastning and
Sandor Szabo, is released by Greydisc Records on 27 February 2024.
02.22.2024
My music will be featured on the
Friday Night Progressive
radio show on Friday 23 February, 2024 at 9 PM US EST.
02.17.2024
Here's a sneak peek from
Unbending Sky.
02.11.2024
Unbending Sky, by Kevin Kastning and
Sandor Szabo, is released by Greydisc Records on 27 February 2024.
02.03.2023
New reviews for The Second Realm.
New reviews for Ethereal VI.
02.02.2023
The Second Realm is being featured this
month on the "No
Pigeonholes" radio program on
KOWS-FM in San Francisco.
02.01.2024
My music will be featured in February on the "Music for Reason" international
radio program hosted by Dimitri K. The program is broadcast both on the
air and in online streaming in the following countries and radio stations.
Radio Augusta International - Africa
Ivory Coast FM 103.9
Sunday 7 pm (UK time)
Satellite FM Paris - France Sunday 8 pm (French Time) Repeated following Wednesday 11 pm102.5 FM Kingscourt - Ontario, CA Friday - 1 mp (EST)
WebSoul Radio - Brazil Saturday 6 pm (GMT-3) = 5 pm EST
01.27.2024
Unbending Sky, the new album from Kevin Kastning (28-string Double
Contraguitar, 24-string Double Subcontraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar,
17-string Subcontraguitar, 15-string Baritone guitar), and Sandor Szabo
(Swarmandal-tanpura, Guzheng) will be released worldwide by Greydisc Records on
27 February 2024.
01.23.2024
The Second Realm, by Kevin Kastning and Soheil
Peyghambari, is released worldwide today by Greydisc Records.
01.20.2024
I will be featured on the Internationally-syndicated radio program "Lite Lounge
with Dimitri K," tomorrow 21 January 2024.
You can listen here.
01.15.2024
New reviews for Ethereal VI.
01.14.2024
Recording sessions are complete for the new trio album with Kevin Kastning
(36-string Double Contraguitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 18-string
Contraguitar, 17-string Contraguitar) Carl Clements (Tenor and Soprano
saxophones, Alto flute) and Soheil Peyghambari (Bass clarinet, Bb clarinet). To
be released by Greydisc in 2024; more info coming soon!
01.06.2024
Recording sessions for the new album from Kevin Kastning (15-string baritone
guitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar) and Sandor Szabo
(Swarmandal, Guzheng) are complete. This is a very different record in a new
direction for us.
To be released by Greydisc Records in 2024; more info coming soon!
01.02.2024
Recording sessions are underway for the new album by Kevin Kastning and Carl
Clements. To be released by Greydisc Records in 2024; more info coming soon.
12.22.2023
Announcing The
Second Realm, by Kevin Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar,
17-string Subcontra guitar, 24-string Double Subcontraguitar, 30-string
Contra-Alto guitar, 12-string Contraguitar), and Soheil Peyghambari (Bass
Clarinet, Bb Clarinet).
To be released by Greydisc Records on 23 January 2024. More info coming soon!
12.16.23
Recording sessions with bassist
Bruno Raberg are
complete. The album will be released by Greydisc Records in 2024.
More info coming soon.
12.01.2023
Post-production for the new album from Kevin Kastning and Soheil Peyghambari is
now complete. The album will be released by Greydisc Records in early
2024. More info coming soon.
11.16.2023
New reviews for Levitation II.
10.14.2023
I am honored to announce that I have
three albums in the running
for the 2024 Grammy® Awards:
- Levitation II, by Kevin Kastning and
Laszlo Gardony.
- Strand in Strands, by Kevin Kastning and
Carl Clements.
- Ethereal VI, by Kevin Kastning and Sandor
Szabo.
My most sincere gratitude to my artistic partners, the members of the Recording
Academy, and everyone that helped make this happen.
10.06.2023
The new album with Soheil Peyghambari is now in post-production. More info
coming soon.
09.10.2320
New album reviews for Levitation II,
Strand in Strands, and
Ethereal VI.
09.01.2023
New album reviews for Ethereal VI.
08.30.2023
New album reviews for Levitation II.
08.24.23
Album recording sessions with Mark Wingfield are in-progress.
08.12.2023
Recording sessions are complete for the new album with Soheil Peyghambari.
More info coming soon.
08.01.2023
Ethereal VI is released today by Greydisc.
Here's a track from the
album.
07.22.2023
Discography page updated.
07.21.2023
New reviews for Strand in Strands.
07.09.2023
New reviews for Ethereal V.
07.08.2023
New reviews for Strand in Strands.
06.29.2023
This month, Levitation II, (Kevin Kastning: 36-string Double
Contraguitar; Laszlo Gardony: Piano) will be featured on the
Parallel Universes radio program in Spain.
06.27.2023
Levitation II, by Kevin Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar) and
Laszlo Gardony (Piano) is released today by Greydisc Records.
Here's the opening track
from the album.
06.18.2023
I am proud to announce that I am included in the documentary series Orphan
Music: The Incomplete History of New Age Music. I am in
episode 7: The New
Instrumentation, which was just released.
06.17.2023
Recording sessions are complete for the new album from Kevin Kastning (30-string
Contra-Alto guitar; 28-string Double Contraguitar) & Sandor Szabo (Electric
baritone guitars). This will be the next installment in the Ethereal
series; more info coming soon.
06.01.2023
Greydisc Records announces the release date for Levitation II. Kevin
Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar) and Laszlo Gardony (Piano). Worldwide
release date 27 June 2023 by Greydisc Records;
pre-order date 6 June 2023.
05.30.2023
Discography page updated.
05.29.2023
New album reviews for Levitation I.
05.11.2023
Pages for the 28-string Double Contraguitar and the
24-string Double Subcontraguitar are updated.
05.01.2023
New album reviews for Strand in Strands.
04.18.2023
Strings and Tunings page updated.
04.03.2023
New album reviews for Strand in Strands.
03.01.2023
New album reviews for Levitation I.
02.23.2023
Announcing the Emerald Guitars Kevin Kastning Signature Series
24-string Double Subcontraguitar.
02.21.2023
Convergence III is released worldwide today by
Greydisc Records.
You can hear the opening track here.
02.19.2023
Updates for the 25-string Double Contraguitar.
Strings and Tunings page updated.
02.05.2023
New reviews for Strand in Strands.
02.02.2023
I will be once again featured in February on the "Lite Lounge" international
radio program hosted by Dimitri K. The program is broadcast both on the
air and in online streaming in the following countries and radio stations.
Radio Augusta International - Africa
Ivory Coast FM 103.9
Sunday 7 pm (UK time)
Satellite FM Paris - France Sunday 8 pm (French Time) Repeated following Wednesday 11 pm102.5 FM Kingscourt - Ontario, CA Friday - 1 mp (EST)
WebSoul Radio - Brazil Saturday 6 pm (GMT-3) = 5 pm EST
02.01.2023
Discography page updated.
01.23.2023
Greydisc Records announces the worldwide release of Convergence III by
Kevin Kastning, Carl Clements, and Sandor Szabo. Release date: 21 February 2023.
More info coming soon!
01.21.2023
Recording sessions are underway for the new album with Soheil Peyghambari.
More info coming soon.
01.14.2023
A recently discovered online archive of a 2012 live performance and interview I did
with Carl Clements for WFMU radio in New York City is now available online;
you can hear some of the broadcast here.
01.06.2023
Recording sessions are underway for a very unique album project with Sandor
Szabo. More info coming soon.
12.16.2022
New reviews for Strand in Strands.
12.15.2022
New interview from Billy's Music Without Borders
webzine.
12.06.2022
Strand in Strands, by Kevin Kastning
(17-string Extended Hybrid Classical guitar, 12-string Contraguitar, 12-string
Baritone guitar) and Carl Clements (Tenor and Soprano saxophones) is released
worldwide today by Greydisc Records. This is our 6th album together, and is
available at all download/streaming sites.
Click here
to hear The Weibel Instability from Strand in Strands.
11.26.2022
Greydisc Records announces the worldwide release date as 6 December 2022 for
Strand in Strands, the new album from Kevin
Kastning (12-string Contraguitar, 17-string Extended Hybrid Classical guitar,
12-string Baritone guitar) and Carl Clements (Tenor and Soprano saxophones).
11.05.2022
Recording sessions and post-production for the new album from Kevin Kastning
(12-string Contraguitar, 17-string Extended Hybrid Classical guitar, 12-string
Baritone guitar) and Carl Clements (Tenor and Soprano saxophones) are complete.
The new album will be released by Greydisc; more info coming soon!
11.03.2022
New reviews for 30/36.
11.01.2022
New reviews for Levitation I.
New reviews for I dreamed of invisible
journeys.
10.14.2022
The 2023 Grammy Awards ballots were officially announced yesterday. I am in the
running for two Grammy awards: Levitation I
with Laszlo Gardony in the category of Best Jazz Instrumental Album, and
Ethereal V with Sandor Szabo and Balázs Major
in the category of Best New Age/Ambient Album. I couldn't do it without my
artist brothers; my sincerest gratitude to Laszlo, Sandor, and Balázs.
10.08.2022
New album reviews and quotes for Levitation I.
09.27.2022
New album reviews for Ethereal IV.
09.24.2022
New album reviews for The First Realm.
09.22.2022
New album reviews for Rubicon I.
09.21.2022
New album reviews and quotes for Levitation I.
09.03.2022
A short video from the
recent recording sessions with Laszlo
Gardony for our third album for Greydisc Records. Kevin Kastning
(24-string Double Baritone Guitar) & Laszlo Gardony (Piano). This is the
beginning of a longer composition; filmed from the recording studio control
room.
9.03.2022
Videos page updated.
08.27.2022
Recording sessions with Laszlo
Gardony for our third album for Greydisc Records are complete.
You can see photos from the recording sessions here.
08.26.2022
New page added for Grammy® Award information.
08.18.2022
You can hear the August 14 broadcast of the International "Lite Lounge" radio
program, which featured my music,
here.
08.17.2022
New quotes and reviews for Levitation I.
08.13.2022
I will be featured on the August 14 broadcast of the International "Lite Lounge"
radio program. You can listen in online at
iHeart radio or
YouTube.
The broadcast is live worldwide on the following radio stations:
Days and hours of radio broadcasts:
Radio Staaken Relaxation, Berlin, Germany
Sunday 10 am (Berlin time)
Precious Radio - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sunday
Los Angeles - 1:00 pm
Berlin & Munich (Germany) - 10:00 pm
Quebec & Montréal (Canada) - 4:00 pm
Tokyo & Osaka (Japan) - 7:00 am (UTC+9)
Paris (France) - 10:00 pm
New York (USA) - 4:00 pm
Tel Aviv (Israël) - 11:00 pm
Classic Hits Kogy 95FM - Phoenix, AZ
Sunday 11 am (MST)
KHHR-DB Razors Hot Radio, Adelanto CA
Sunday 4 pm PST
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 4 pm PST
New Jazz Radio, Tampa Bay, FL
Sunday 4 pm EST
WCDR Radio, Miami, FL
Sunday 5 pm EST
Elise Radio - France
Sunday 7 pm (French time)
WCJS Radio, Potomac, MD
Sunday & Wednesday 8 pm EST
Peachtree Radio FM, Atlanta, GA
Sunday 9 pm EST
BushrodMusic Radio, Baton Rouge, LA
Sunday 10 pm CST
Monday 11 pm CST
MAD Fm - New Zealand
Sunday 18.00 NZT
Big Ear Radio - UK
Starting Sunday - 3 times a day, total weekly - 21 times
Satellite FM Paris - France
Sunday
8 pm (French Time)
Repeated following Wednesday 11 pm
ABC Radio - Suffolk, UK
Sunday 9 pm (UK time)
3rd Strike Radio - New York
Sunday and following week
Press “Lite Lounge with Dimitri K.”
Beccles Town Radio - UK
Monday 6 pm (UK)
Reach One Network - Beat Break 87 FM - Atlanta, GA
Monday - Friday 12 am EST
Repeat
Monday - Friday 1 am EST
Radio St.Pete - US
Monday 11 pm EST
Repeated following Sunday
Sunshine 96.7 FM - FL
Monday 11 pm EST
WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston - Boston, MA
Wednesday 7 pm EST
Hindsight Media Radio 103.5 FM - US
Tuesday 7 pm EST
Gaia FM on 87.8 & 107.0 - New Zealand
Thursday 9pm NZ time
Following Sunday - 9am NZ time
100.1 FM Kingscourt - Ontario, CA
Friday - 1 mp (EST)
WebSoul radio - Brazil
Saturday 6 pm (GMT-3) = 5 pm EST
08.12.2022
Album Reviews page updated.
Discography page updated.
08.09.2022
New reviews and quotes for Levitation I.
07.23.2022
New reviews and quotes for Levitation I.
07.01.2022
New reviews and quotes for Levitation I.
06.28.2022
Levitation I: Internationally released
today by Greydisc Records.
Listen to a sneak peek.
06.18.2022
New reviews for Levitation I.
06.12.2022
New reviews for Convergence II.
New reviews for The First Realm.
06.01.2022
Greydisc Records announces the new album from Kevin Kastning and Laszlo Gardony:
Levitation I. US and International release date:
28 June 2022. More info coming soon.
05.21.2022
Interviews page updated.
05.07.2022
Mark Wingfield and I will be the guests on the
Make Weird Music podcast on Friday May 20, 2022.
You can listen here.
05.01.2022
New album review for Convergence II.
04.22.2022
I dreamed of invisible journeys, by
Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. US and International release date: 17
May 2022.
04.20.2022
Today I delivered the masters to the label for the new album from Kevin Kastning
(36-string Double Contraguitar) and Laszlo Gardony (Piano). The album is
entitled Levitation I, and is the first in a two-album series.
Release date TBD, but likely June/July 2022. Available on CD, download, and
streaming from Greydisc Records. More info coming soon!
04.19.2022
New album reviews for Ethereal V.
New album reviews for The First Realm.
04.15.2022
Greydisc Records announces the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield:
I dreamed of invisible journeys. US and International release date:
17 May 2022. More info coming soon.
04.04.22
The masters are finalized for the upcoming albums with pianist Laszlo Gardony.
The first of the two-album series will be released by Greydisc Records in late
spring 2022. More info coming soon.
02.14.2022
I was featured on the
Lite
Lounge with Dimitri K international radio program on Sunday 13 February
2022 on the following international radio stations. The show was recorded
and archived, and you can listen to it at:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48659610 and YouTube: https://youtu.be/zfQ8W8rWCjg
Shared on numerous Facebook, Twitter, and other media groups.
Radio Staaken Relaxation, Berlin, Germany Sunday 10 am (Berlin time)
Precious Radio - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sunday 13th:
Los Angeles - 1:00 pm
Berlin & Munich (Germany) - 10:00 pm
Quebec & Montréal (Canada) - 4:00 pm
Tokyo & Osaka (Japan) - 7:00 am (UTC+9)
Paris (France) - 10:00 pm
New York (USA) - 4:00 pm
Tel Aviv (Israël) - 11:00 pm
Other dates:
KHHR-DB Razors Hot Radio - Adelanto CA Sunday 4 pm PST Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays 4 pm PST
New Jazz Radio - Tampa Bay, FL Sunday 4 pm EST
WCDR Radio - Miami, FL Sunday 5 pm EST
Elise Radio - France Sunday 7 pm (French time)
WCJS Radio - Potomac, MD Sunday & Wednesday 8 pm EST
BushrodMusic Radio - Baton Rouge, LA Sunday 10 pm CST Monday 11 pm CST
MAD Fm - New Zealand Sunday 18.00 NZT
Big Ear Radio - UK Starting Sunday - 3 times a day, total weekly - 21 times
Satellite FM Paris - France Sunday 8 pm (French Time) Repeated following Wednesday 11 pm
ABC Radio - Suffolk, UK Sunday 9 pm (UK time)
3rd Strike Radio - New York Sunday and following week Press “Lite Lounge with Dimitri K.”
Beccles Town Radio - UK Monday 6 pm (UK)
Reach One Network - Beat Break 87 FM - Atlanta, GA Monday - Friday 12 am EST Repeat Monday - Friday 1 am EST
Radio St.Pete - US Monday 11 pm EST Repeated following Sunday
Sunshine 96.7 FM - FL Monday 11 pm EST
Hindsight Media Radio 103.5 FM - Atlanta, GA, USA Tuesday 7 pm EST
WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston - Boston, MA Wednesday 7 pm EST
Gaia FM on 87.8 & 107.0 - New Zealand Thursday 9pm NZ time Following Sunday - 9am NZ time
100.1 FM Kingscourt - Ontario, CA Friday - 1 mp (EST)
WebSoul Radio - Brazil Saturday 6 pm (GMT-3) = 5 pm EST
02.08.2022
New reviews for Ethereal V.
02.06.2022
New reviews for The First Realm.
02.02.2022
Ethereal V is being featured this month on the
Jazz Bazaar
radio program on Quebec radio CKIA-FM.
01.25.2022
Ethereal
V is released worldwide by Greydisc Records.
Complete information here.
Listen here.
01.03.2022
New reviews for Rubicon I.
01.02.2022
Recording sessions are now complete for Ethereal V, by Kevin Kastning
(guitars) / Sandor Szabo (orchestrations) / Balazs Major (percussion). To be
released by Greydisc Records in early 2022. More info coming soon!
01.01.2022
My music was featured in December on
One World Music
Radio in Cyprus, Lebanon.
12.26.2021
The two upcoming albums with Kevin Kastning and Laszlo Gardony are now in
post-production. The first of the two albums will be released by Greydisc
in early 2022.
11.18.21
Convergence II, the new album by Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Sándor
Szabó, is being featured this month on
One World Music Radio in Cyprus, Lebanon.
11.09.2021
New album reviews for Ethereal IV.
10.23.2021
I am honored to announce that my recent albums The
First Realm, Rubicon I, and
Ethereal IV are officially in first-round
voting for the 2022 Grammy® Awards in the categories for Best New Age album and
Best Jazz Instrumental album. Many thanks and much gratitude to my artistic
brothers on these albums: Sandor Szabo, Balazs Major, Mark Wingfield, and Soheil
Peyghambari.
10.12.2021
Convergence II, the new album by Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Sándor
Szabó, is released worldwide by Greydisc Records on 12 October 2021.
Available on
Bandcamp,
iTunes,
Amazon,
Spotify, and all streaming/download sites.
10.09.2021
The YouTube video for
Second Convergence Four is released.
08.21.2021
New album reviews for The First Realm.
08.20.2021
New album reviews for Rubicon I.
08.14.2021
New album reviews for Ethereal IV.
07.25.2021
Quotes page updated.
07.09.2021
Contraguitar C3 is announced.
07.1.2021
New album reviews for Rubicon I.
06.02.2021
Click to hear the May 30 2021 broadcast of the internationally-syndicated radio
show
Lite Lounge with Dimitri K. The show was broadcast
on the following radio stations:
Radio Staaken - Berlin, Germany
KHHR-DB Razors Hot Radio - Adelanto, CA
New Jazz Radio - Tampa Bay, FL
WCDR Radio - Miami, FL
WCJS Radio - Potomac, MD
Peachtree Radio FM - Atlanta, GA
BushrodMusic Radio - Baton Rouge, LA
MAD Fm - New Zealand
Big Ear Radio - UK
Precious Radio Mood Network - Los Angeles, CA:
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Berlin & Munich (Germany)
Quebec & Montréal (Canada)
Tokyo & Osaka (Japan)
Paris (France) E.U.
New York (USA)
Tel Aviv (Israël)
Satellite FM Paris - France
BEAT BREAK RADIO 87 FM - Atlanta, GA
Radio St.Pete - US
Sunshine 96.7 FM - St. Petersburg
WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston - Boston, MA
Hindsight Media Radio 103.5 FM - US
Gaia FM on 87.8 & 107.0 - New Zealand
06.01.2021
New album reviews and quotes for The First Realm.
05.30.2021
I will be featured on the internationally-syndicated radio show
Lite Lounge with Dimitri K on 30 May 2021. The show is broadcast
on the following radio stations:
Radio Staaken - Berlin, Germany
KHHR-DB Razors Hot Radio - Adelanto, CA
New Jazz Radio - Tampa Bay, FL
WCDR Radio - Miami, FL
WCJS Radio - Potomac, MD
Peachtree Radio FM - Atlanta, GA
BushrodMusic Radio - Baton Rouge, LA
MAD Fm - New Zealand
Big Ear Radio - UK
Precious Radio Mood Network - Los Angeles, CA:
Los Angeles, California (USA)
Berlin & Munich (Germany)
Quebec & Montréal (Canada)
Tokyo & Osaka (Japan)
Paris (France) E.U.
New York (USA)
Tel Aviv (Israël)
Satellite FM Paris - France
BEAT BREAK RADIO 87 FM - Atlanta, GA
Radio St.Pete - US
Sunshine 96.7 FM - St. Petersburg
WJMX-DB Smooth Jazz Boston - Boston, MA
Hindsight Media Radio 103.5 FM - US
Gaia FM on 87.8 & 107.0 - New Zealand
05.08.2021
New album reviews from Italy and Russia for Rubicon I
and The First Realm.
05.01.2021
Videos page updated.
04.25.2021
Kevin Kastning: special guest on The Tommy Graven
Show; 23 April 2021.
04.21.2021
New album reviews for Rubicon I.
04.04.2021
Pages posted for The First Realm, the new
album from Kevin Kastning and Soheil Peyghambari.
3.3.2021
New album reviews for Ethereal IV.
3.1.2021
Recording sessions are complete for the new album from Kevin Kastning and Soheil
Peyghambari. More info coming soon.
2.6.2021
The Making of Rubicon
I: Artist's commentary and audio documentary podcast now available at
YouTube.
2.6.2021
Videos page updated.
2.2.2021
New album reviews for Ethereal IV.
1.12.2021
New reviews for Convergence I.
1.11.2021
A nice mention from
Permafrost Magazine.
1.5.2021
Ethereal IV is released today worldwide.
11.29.2020
New reviews for Convergence I.
10.10.2020
I just found out that I have a third entry in the 2021 Grammy®
Awards this year. It is
Escape the Mind, Vol. 3 on Bongo Boy Records. This is a compilation
album, and my piece on it is a solo piano composition (Construction
2a) from my album
Piano I on Greydisc Records. Many thanks to Bongo
Boy Records for this honor.
10.02.2020
I am honored to announce that I have two albums in first-round voting for the
2021 Grammy® Awards. They are:
09.10.2020
Convergence I is being featured this week
on Spain's Parallel Universes radio program.
You can listen to the show here.
09.06.2020
New reviews for Convergence I.
08.31.2020
Mark Wingfield and I are nearing the end of post-production for our new album.
More info coming soon!
07.12.2020
New reviews for Nograd.
07.02.2020
Strings and Tunings page updated.
07.01.2020
Recording sessions are underway for Ethereal V with Sándor Szabó.
06.08.2020
A new review for Escape
the Mind, Volume 3 from Skope
Magazine. "Slow and deliberate, Kevin Kastning’s “Construction 2a” features
impressionistic playing. Akin to Claude Debussy’s work, the pace is the trick.
He draws the listener into a carefully laid-out world."
06.01.2020
Escape the Mind, Volume 3 is released today on Bongo Boy Records. My
composition Construction 2a from Piano
I is included on this album.
05.24.2020
New album announcement: Convergence I. This is a very special trio album of Kevin Kastning, Carl Clements, and Sándor
Szabó. Worldwide release date 9 July 2020 on Greydisc Records.
05.20.2020
New reviews for 30/36.
05.15.2020
New reviews for Piano I.
05.11.2020
New reviews for Kismaros.
05.10.2020
New reviews for Ethereal III.
05.01.2020
New reviews for Ethereal II.
04.28.2020
New reviews for
Nógrád.
02.02.2020
Added new Streaming/Downloads page.
02.01.2020
Updated the Videos page.
01.02.2020
Recording sessions for the next solo albums are underway.
01.01.2020
Quotes page updated.
10.14.2019
Updated categories for my
albums in the 2020 Grammy® Awards.
09.14.2019
My albums in the 2020 Grammy®
Awards.
08.17.2019
New reviews for 30/36.
Quotes page updated.
08.16.2019
New reviews for Ethereal III.
08.15.2019
New reviews for Piano I.
07.02.2019
New reviews for 30/36.
07.01.2019
New link added for
my artist page
at Tidal.
05.05.2019
New reviews for Ethereal III.
04.12.2019
My
interview with Matt Hooke for WRUW-FM, the Cleveland NPR station.
Originally aired 3 April 2019.
04.11.2019
New reviews for Piano I.
03.29.2019
On Thursday April 4 2019 at 1:00 PM US Eastern time, I will be the guest on the
Matt Hooke show on Cleveland NPR
station WRUW-FM. We'll be discussing 30-string guitars, piano, and more.
Please join us online and listen in!
https://www.wruw.org
03.23.2019
Greydisc Records announces the worldwide release date for
Ethereal III: 23 April 2019. Complete
information and audio samples available here.
03.05.2019
New reviews for Piano I.
03.04.2019
A new interview from
Music
Web Express.
02.22.2019
New reviews for Kismaros.
02.21.2019
Today I delivered the masters to the label for Ethereal III, my new duo
record with Sándor Szabó. This album is very different for us both, and is in an
entirely new direction for us. More info and an album sneak-peek
coming soon.
02.12.2019
Piano I is officially released today.
New reviews for Piano I.
02.07.2019
New reviews for Piano I.
02.05.2018
New page for the Electronic Press Kit (EPK).
02.01.2019
New reviews for 30/36.
01.31.2019
New reviews for Ethereal II.
01.29.2019
New reviews for 17/66.
01.18.2019
New album sneak peek!
Here is a
track from my new solo album Piano I, my first all-piano solo album.
To be released by Greydisc Records on 12 February 2019.
01.12.2019
Recording sessions for Ethereal III, the new album from Kevin Kastning
and Sandor Szabo are complete. This record is something entirely different for
us both. To be released by Greydisc Records in 2019. More info coming soon.
01.01.2019
Recording sessions are underway for the next album in the Ethereal series
by Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo. This album will be entirely different than
anything we have done. To be released by Greydisc Records in mid-2019.
12.26.2018
Ethereal II is named as one of the Top 20
Albums for November 2018 by
WVKR-FM in New York.
12.22.2018
Yesterday I delivered the masters to the label for the next solo
album, which will be released by Greydisc Records in early 2019. This record is
radically different from any other that I have recorded. More info coming soon!
12.20.18
New review for 30/36.
12.01.2018
Spotify players now available on the Discography
and Listen pages.
11.22.2018
Today in Spain, the
Universos Paralelos radio show celebrates their 23rd year on the air by
devoting an entire show to my music.
11.20.2018
Kismaros is named one of the
Top Albums of 2018 by MFTOSOTR webzine.
11.15.2018
New reviews for Kismaros.
11.12.2018
Greydisc Records announces 30/36, the new solo
album: release date 11 December 2018 on Greydisc Records.
11.11.2018
New reviews for The Line to Three,
17/66, and Ethereal II.
11.07.2018
A
new interview with Music Web Express.
11.06.2018
New reviews for Ethereal II.
11.04.2018
New reviews for 17/66.
11.03.2018
New reviews for Kismaros.
11.02.2018
New reviews for Ethereal II.
11.01.2018
I am pleased to announce that Ethereal I,
17/66,
Kismaros, and Even this late it
happens are all in first-round voting for the 2019
Grammy® Awards.
Click here to read the press
release from Bongo Boy Records and Greydisc Records.
10.30.2018
Kismaros is named as one of the Top 20 albums
on the Secret
Music program for August/September 2018 by
WVKR-FM radio in New York.
10.29.2018
Quotes page updated.
10.28.2018
New reviews for Ethereal I.
10.16.2018
Today I submitted the masters to the label for my next solo album. The title is
30/36, and features nine new compositions for 30-string
Contra-Alto guitar and 36-string Double Contraguitar.
To be released by Greydisc Records in late 2018. More info coming soon.
10.04.2018
A
new feature article in All About Jazz magazine discussing my music,
instruments, and five recent album releases. Included is a review for
Ethereal II, release date 9 October 2018 on
Greydisc Records.
10.03.2018
New reviews for Ethereal II.
09.14.2018
New reviews for Kismaros.
09.04.2018
Sneak peek album preview! The track
Arrival (Second
Recall) from Ethereal II. This is the opening track on the
album, and is a longer composition with multiple sections.
Featuring Kevin Kastning: 30-string Contra-Alto guitar, / Sándor Szabó: Electric
guitar / Balázs Major: Drums and percussion.
Release date 9 October 2018 on Greydisc Records.
09.03.2018
Quotes page updated.
09.01.2018
New reviews for Kismaros.
08.19.2018
If you missed the WNYC/WFMU broadcast of the August 15 live performance of Kevin
Kastning and Mark Wingfield, you can
listen to the
archived show here.
08.18.2018
New photo gallery pages added.
08.14.2018
Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield will be performing on the Irene Trudel show on
New York City radio WFMU on Wednesday August 15, 2018 at 7:00 PM US Eastern
time. Listen online at
WFMU-FM.
08.06.2018
New interview with Kevin Kastning and Balázs Major.
08.06.2018
Today I delivered the masters to the label for the new album by Kevin Kastning
(36-string Double Contraguitar, 30-string Contra-Alto guitar, Piano), Sándor
Szabó (Electric guitar, Electric baritone guitar), and Balázs Major (Drums,
percussion). The album is titled Ethereal II, and will be released by
Greydisc in September 2018. More info coming soon!
08.01.2018
Videos page updated.
07.29.2018
New reviews for Ethereal I.
07.23.2018
New reviews for The Line to Three.
07.15.2018
Updates for the Quotes page and new reviews for
Kismaros.
07.09.2018
Videos page updated.
07.02.2018
17/66 is named as one of the top 20 albums for
May/June 2018 by WVKR radio in New York.
07.01.2018
New reviews for Invocation.
06.27.2018
Greydisc Records announces the release date for
Kismaros: 24 July 2018.
06.23.2018
Updates for the Videos page.
06.21.2018
New reviews for A Connection of Secrets.
06.16.2018
New reviews for Invocation.
06.15.2018
A nice mention of 17/66 in the
Berklee Alumnotes magazine.
06.14.2018
The 2002 KastningSiegfried album Book of Days
will be released by Greydisc Records as a digital download album on 26 June
2018. More info here.
06.07.2018
Today I delivered the masters to Greydisc Records for the next album. This one
is special, in that it's an entirely new duo project: Kevin Kastning (30-string
Contra-Alto guitar), and Balázs Major (Percussion). The album is titled
Kismaros, and was recorded on-location in Hungary. More info coming
soon!
06.01.2018
New reviews for 17/66.
05.24.2017
The 2018 European Tour is complete. Many thanks to the European audiences
for our string of sold-out concerts. Photos from
some of the concerts are here.
05.03.2018
A new interview with Music Web Express webzine.
05.01.2018
An essay about harmonic blocks, which figure
into the compositions on
17/66.
04.28.18
The track 15.5mH from
17/66 is being featured this week on
WMUH-FM in Pennsylvania.
04.24.2018
Official release day for 17/66. Available
at
amazon.com,
iTunes,
CDBaby, and more.
04.13.2018
New album reviews for Invocation and
Even this late it happens.
04.04.2018
New album reviews for Ethereal I.
03.21.2018
Greydisc Records announces 17/66, the new solo album by Kevin Kastning. New compositions for 36, 30,
and 17-string guitars. Worldwide release date 24 April 2018. More
information coming soon!
03.10.2018
New reviews for Ethereal I.
03.08.2018
New interview with Kevin Kastning and Sándor Szabó
from MWE3 magazine.
03.04.2018
Recording sessions for the new solo album are complete. More details
coming soon.
03.01.2018
I will be on tour in Europe; May 2018. Concert date
information and tour itinerary here.
02.15.2018
New reviews for The Line to Three.
01.13.2018
Announcing the Emerald Guitars Kevin Kastning Signature model
17-string Hybrid Extended Classical guitar.
01.10.2018
Even this late it happens is named as one of the top albums of 2017 by
All About Jazz magazine. You can read their album review
here.
01.02.2018
New reviews for The Line to Three.
12.12.17
A
new interview with Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements by Music Web Express.
12.01.17
My interview on WRUW NPR Cleveland; October 20 2017.
11.09.17
This week, Otherworld was featured on One
World Radio in Cyprus and the UK.
You can listen to a recording of the show here.
11.04.17
New reviews for Even this late it happens.
10.24.17
It's release day! Even this late it happens,
the new album from Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements, is officially released today.
Available at
Amazon,
iTunes,
CDBaby, and all CD sales and digital download sites.
10.18.17
I will be host Matt Hooke’s guest on the “A Different Drum” show on Cleveland
radio WRUW-FM 91.1 this Friday October 20; 1 - 3 PM EST. You can listen online
at https://wruw.org/.
10.07.17
New reviews for Invocation.
10.05.17
Even this late it happens, the new album
from Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Released by Greydisc Records on 24
October 2017.
09.16.17
I will be on tour in Europe in May 2018. This tour
includes solo performances, and concerts with
Sándor Szabó
and Balázs
Major. More details coming soon.
09.04.17
Greydisc Records announces the new album from Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements.
Release date in October 2017; more info coming soon.
09.01.17
Invocation is named one of the Top 20
Albums for August 2017 by WVKR
radio in New York.
08.16.17
New reviews for Invocation.
08.07.17
The Line to Three, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Mark Wingfield, is no. 9 on the July 2017 Top 20 album list for
radio station WVKR-FM in New York.
Many thanks to all at WVKR and especially "Secret Music" show host Scott
Raymond.
07.27.17
Today, the "Parallel Universes" radio program in Spain is devoting the entire
episode to my music.
http://universosparalelosradioshow.blogspot.com.es/2017/07/emision-27072017-especial-kevin-kastning.html
07.13.17
Invocation, the new album from
Kevin Kastning and Sándor Szabó. Release date 7.18.17 on Greydisc
Records.
07.07.17
A Connection of Secrets is
named one of the Top 20 Albums of 2017 by the
Music from the Other Side webzine.
07.05.17
New reviews for The Line to Three.
06.23.2017
New reviews for A Connection of Secrets.
06.19.17
New album sneak preview!
"Akathist," from the
Greydisc album "Invocation." Release date: 18 July 2017. Kevin
Kastning: 36-string Double Contraguitar, Sándor Szabó: 16-string Classical
guitar.
This is a very significant release for Sándor and I, as it will be our last
acoustic duo recording for quite some time.
https://youtu.be/kFNsTZfnPGE
06.02.2017
New reviews for A Connection of Secrets.
06.01.17
Today, the masters were delivered to the label for the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Sándor Szabó. Entitled Invocation, this will be our
seventh album. To be released by
Greydisc Records in early
July 2017. More info coming soon!
05.11.17
A new interview from Music Web Express.
05.10.17
New reviews for A Connection of Secrets.
05.07.17
Greydisc Records announces the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield:
The Line to Three. Worldwide release 30 May 2017.
05.01.17
New reviews for A Connection of Secrets
04.22.17
This week, the masters were delivered to the label for the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Mark Wingfield. This is our 6th album together, and on this
one we're going to some new places we've previously not explored. The
album title is The Line to Three, and will be released worldwide by
Greydisc Records on 30 May 2017. More info coming soon....
04.03.17
New reviews for
A Connection of
Secrets.
04.02.17
The
complete Progression Magazine interview; Winter 2017.
03.28.17
A Connection of
Secrets, the new solo album, is released today on Greydisc Records.
Available at
Amazon.com,
iTunes,
CDBaby, and others.
03.19.17
New album sneak preview:
No Light; But Rather
from my new solo album A Connection of
Secrets.
10 new compositions for 36-string Double
Contraguitar, 30-string Contra-Alto guitar,
15-string Extended Classical guitar, and Piano. Released by Greydisc Records, 28 March 2017.
03.01.17
I have delivered the masters to the label for my next solo album. The new
record features ten new solo compositions for 36-string Double
Contraguitar, 30-string Contra-Alto guitar,
15-string Extended Classical guitar, and Piano. To be
released by greydisc Records in March 2017. More details coming soon.
02.15.17
UK electric guitarist
Mark Wingfield and I have completed recording sessions for our next album.
To be released by greydisc Records in 2017, this album is pretty different for
us. Stay tuned.
02.01.170
Recording sessions for my next solo album are complete.
01.30.17
I am back in the recording studio with
Carl Clements, at work
on our next album.
01.04.17
A Far Reflection and
Perspectives are named as two of the Best
Albums of 2016 by
Veritas Vampirus webzine.
12.11.16
Perspectives, the new album by Kevin
Kastning and Sándor Szabó, is no. 4 on
WVKR radio in New
York "Secret Music" show Top 20 playlist for November 2016.
12.04.16
New Playlist page added.
12.02.16
New album reviews for A Far Reflection.
11.20.2016
New album reviews for Perspectives.
11.17.16
I am mentioned on the
November 5, 2016 episode of the New Ears Prog Show, right around the
40:00 mark.
11.03.16
New album reviews for Skyfields.
10.02.16
New interview with Kevin Kastning and Sándor Szabó
from MWE3 Magazine.
10.01.16
New album reviews for Perspectives.
09.13.16
New album reviews for Perspectives.
09.06.16
Instrumentarium page added for Perspectives.
09.04.16
New album reviews for Eleven Rooms and
A Far Reflection.
08.28.16
Perspectives, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Sándor Szabó, is named as one of the
Top 10 Albums for August 2016 by the Afterglow and ThoughtRadio
shows on NPR station WMUH in Pennsylvania.
08.01.16
New album reviews for Skyfields.
07.27.16
Greydisc Records announces Perspectives, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Sándor Szabó. Release date 30 August 2016. A preview clip
and sneak peak of the album cover is available
here.
07.22.16
New album reviews for Eleven Rooms.
07.12.16
New reviews for Otherworld.
07.02.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection and
Skyfields.
06.17.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection.
06.01.16
A new interview with Music Web Express
magazine.
05.31.16
New reviews for Skyfields.
05.31.16
New reviews for Eleven Rooms.
05.30.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection.
05.01.16
New reviews for Skyfields.
04.28.16
Radio Q37 in Greece did a special show devoted entirely to my music on 28 April
2016. Many thanks to Radio Q37.
04.24.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection.
04.05.16
Tonight at 9 PM US EST: Hidden inspiration in music, with a live set by Mark
Wingfield (electric guitar) and Kevin Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar).
Recorded live at WFMU, New York City; December 14, 2015. Listen in live
at:
http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/65876.
03.27.16
New reviews for Skyfields.
03.24.16
Several tracks from my recent albums are being featured this week on the
Beyond the Fringe show on radio KCBX-FM in California.
03.19.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection and
Skyfields.
03.12.16
Interviews page updated.
02.27.16
Skyfields is being featured on radio
stations WMBR in Massachusetts and WMUH in Pennsylvania.
02.26.16
Interviews page updated.
02.20.16
I will be the guest on the Ken Field show on
WMBR: listen on-line Tuesday February
23 at 3 PM US EST.
02.14.16
Skyfields, the new solo album by Kevin Kastning.
Release date 2.23.16 from Greydisc Records.
02.13.16
New reviews for A Far Reflection and
Eleven Rooms.
02.05.16
Otherworld and
Eleven Rooms are named as Best Albums of 2015 in
The Perfect Sound Forever 2015 Critics Poll.
02.02.16
Greydisc Records announces Skyfields, the new solo album by Kevin
Kastning. International release date 2.23.2016. More info coming
soon.
02.01.16
A new interview with Kevin Kastning and Mark
Wingfield from Music Web Express webzine.
01.29.16
A Far Reflection, the new album from
Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements, is no. 4 this week on the
iTunes
Top 100 Classical chart.
01.24.16
New reviews for Otherworld,
Eleven Rooms, and
A Far Reflection.
01.09.16
Greydisc Records announces A Far Reflection,
the new album from Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements. Release date 1.26.2016.
01.02.16
A new interview from Canada's Textura magazine.
01.01.16
Announcing the new Articles page.
12.31.15
Eleven Rooms is
named a Top 10 Album for December 2015 by
WMUH-FM in Pennsylvania.
12.24.15
Eleven Rooms is
no. 10 on
the
iTop 100 Classical chart.
12.24.15
Eleven Rooms is no. 19 on the
iTunes
Top 100
Classical chart.
12.22.15
Release day for Eleven Rooms, the new album
from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield.
12.19.15
Otherworld Reviews page updated.
12.15.15
Kevin Kastning + Mark Wingfield: We recorded a performance for
WFMU-FM in New York City for
an upcoming episode of the Irene Trudel show. Irene also recorded an
interview with us while we were at WFMU; this episode will be broadcast in
February 2016. More info coming soon.
12.09.15
Sunday December 13:
Kevin Kastning + Mark Wingfield: Live at
Shapeshifter Labs in
New York City.
11.22.15
Greydisc Records announces the release of
Eleven Rooms,
the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. International
release date: 12.22.2015. More information coming soon!
11.20.15
Otherworld Reviews page updated.
11.01.15
Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo on the Irene Trudel Show on WFMU-FM in New York
City on Tuesday October 27 2015.
Listen to the
recorded show here.
10.31.15
Interviews page updated.
10.22.15
A new interview from Music Web Express webzine.
10.20.15
Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo: Live performance on the Irene Trudel show on at 8:30 PM US ET. Listen online at
http://www.wfmu.org.
10.11.15
Otherworld Reviews page updated.
10.4.15
Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo: in concert,
Sunday October 25 2015 at Sibley Hall,
Groton Library.
09.23.15
Otherworld is
No. 1
on the iTunes
classical New Releases chart, one day after its release.
9.23.15
Otherworld is being
featured this week on WFMU-FM
radio in New York City.
09.21.15
I will be the guest on an upcoming edition of the Guitar Radio Show (Austin, Texas).
The segment is recorded and updates and broadcast schedules will be posted here. Listen in at
www.guitarradioshow.com.
09.18.15
Otherworld is being
featured this week on KBOO-FM
in Portland, Oregon.
09.12.15
The track Present Red and
Vanishing from my forthcoming album
Otherworld is being featured this week on
WHUS-FM radio in Connecticut.
09.10.15
Otherworld is being
featured this week on Vermont
Public Radio.
09.09.15
The track Arc Rotation Shadow
from the new album Otherworld is being
featured this week on WMUH-FM
radio's
Afterglow show in Pennsylvania.
09.06.15
Videos now available for
Dawn Forest Bridge,
Aspect Form Vortex,
and No Abstraction of
Perhaps. All from the album
Otherworld.
09.05.15
New reviews for Otherworld.
09.02.15
The track Present Red and
Vanishing from my forthcoming album
Otherworld is being featured this week on
WMBR-FM radio in Cambridge, MA.
09.01.15
The track No Abstraction of
Perhaps from my forthcoming album
Otherworld is being featured this week on
Vermont's WRUV-FM radio.
08.30.15
Otherworld is named as one of the
Top 10 Albums of August 2015 by WMUH-FM.
08.26.15
Otherworld, my first solo album, is released
September 22, 2015 on Greydisc Records.
08.16.15
A nice mention on the
United Mutations webzine (Belgium).
06.07.15
Announcing the Emerald Guitars Kevin Kastning Signature model
15-string Extended Classical guitar.
06.06.15
A new interview from The Lodge webzine.
06.01.15
Quotes page updated.
05.15.15
New reviews for Watercolor Sky.
05.10.15
New reviews for In Stories.
04.11.15
An interview with Mark Wingfield, where he discusses our music.
02.07.15
New reviews for In Stories and
Watercolor Sky.
02.05.15
A new page at Emerald Guitars Ireland for the 36-string KK Signature Double
Contraguitar.
01.03.15
Watercolor Sky is named the No. 1 Best
Album of 2014 by Acoustic
Music magazine.
01.03.15
In Stories is named the No. 7 Best Album of
2014 by Acoustic Music
magazine.
01.03.15
New reviews for In Stories.
01.01.05
Quotes page updated.
12.07.14
New reviews for In Stories.
11.21.14
In Stories is number 29 on the
US Top
100 new classical releases chart.
11.19.14
New reviews for Watercolor Sky.
11.18.14:
In Stories, the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records on November 18, 2014.
11.09.14
NPR station WMUH-FM
in Pennsylvania has named Watercolor Sky
as their
number 4 album for October 2014.
11.08.14
New reviews for In Stories.
10.25.14
In Stories, the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records on November 18, 2014.
10.12.14
New interview from MWE3 magazine.
09.21.14
New reviews for Watercolor Sky.
09.05.14
I have been added to the KDNK radio network
Hall of Fame.
08.16.14
Watercolor Sky is currently being
featured on NPR stations WRUV
Vermont, WMBR Cambridge MA,
and WMUH, Pennsylvania.
08.01.14
I have been named
Artist of the Month for August 2014 by K&K Systems.
My sincere gratitude to all at K&K.
07.29.14
Watercolor Sky, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Carl Clements: release date 7.29.14.
07.18.14
Watercolor Sky, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Carl Clements: release date 7.29.14.
06.10.14
New Tour and Concert Photos page.
06.02.14
The May 30 2014 interview with WHFR-FM for Public
Radio International is available here.
06.01.14
Article in The Groton Line.
5.26.14
I will be interviewed live on Public Radio International (PRI) station WHFR in
Detroit this Friday, May 30 between 6 - 8 PM EST. Listen online at
whfr.fm
From WHFR-FM in Detroit:
"I will be interviewing this Incredible artist, Guitarist Kevin Kastning, Friday
May 30th on the "Space is the Place" program ( 6p.m. to 8p.m. EST) at whfr.fm
Henry Ford College Radio, (Detroit) MI. Public Radio International. Please Join
me for this Exciting interview of One of America's Most Critically Acclaimed
Acoustic Guitarists Today!"
5.11.14
New reviews for Dark Sonatas.
5.4.14
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
5.1.14
My music is being featured in May on
Detroit NPR station WHFR-FM.
Listen online; tune in 6 - 8 PM EST. My gratitude to WHFR and the Space is
the Place show.
4.19.14
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
4.16.14
My music will be featured this Friday April 18 on
Detroit NPR station WHFR-FM.
Listen online; tune in 6 - 8 PM EST. My gratitude to WHFR and the Space is
the Place show.
3.22.14
Announcing the Emerald Guitars KK36 Double Contraguitar.
3.9.14
A nice ad from one of my sponsors,
Peterson Tuners.
2.20.14
Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Live in concert: 8:00 PM
Friday April 4 2014 in Amherst, Massachusetts at Hampshire College Concert Hall.
Tickets on sale now.
1.18.14
Becoming and
Dark Sonatas are both named as two of the Best Albums of 2013 by
Acoustic Music.
1.5.14
Dark Sonatas is named as one of the Top 10
Albums of 2013 by MoonJune
Records.
1.1.14
New album reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
12.26.13
Album Reviews page updated.
12.15.13
Nowhere, Now Here and
Dark Sonatas continue to receive airplay on
various NPR stations in the US, including
WRUV in Vermont, and
WRSU in New Jersey.
11.26.13
Quotes page updated.
11.25.13
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
11.24.13
New reviews for Becoming.
10.21.13
A new interview with Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield
from Music Web Express magazine.
10.16.13
New reviews for Dark Sonatas.
10.14.13
Listen page added.
10.8.13
I am now an Artist Endorser for
Peterson Tuners.
10.7.13
New reviews for the album Nowhere, Now Here.
10.4.13
In the Fall 2013 issue of
Berklee Today,
the Berklee College of Music
alumni magazine, there is a photo of me with the Emerald
30-string Kevin Kastning Signature model and a paragraph about the
two most recent album releases.
09.04.13
New interview with Guitar Moderne magazine.
08.20.13
Dark Sonatas, the new album from Kevin
Kastning & Mark Wingfield, is released today.
08.04.13
Greydisc Records announces Dark Sonatas, the new album from Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield.
Worldwide release date 8.20.13;
now available for pre-order on Amazon.
08.01.13
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
07.30.13
A new interview with Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements
from MWE3 magazine.
07.27.13
A new review for An Illustrated Silence
from the London Jazz Times.
07.01.13
The new album from Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements:
Nowhere, Now Here. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records July 16, 2013.
Now available for pre-order on amazon.com. This album is the recording debut
of the new Emerald 30-string Kevin Kastning Signature
Contra-Soprano guitar.
6.21.13
New "Album of the Year" review for In Winter.
6.19.13
Kevin Kastning + Mark Wingfield: Live in New York City, August 17.
This is an album release concert for our forthcoming album on Greydisc Records.
Tickets on sale
now at Ticketfly. I will be performing this concert using the new
Emerald 30-string Kevin Kastning Signature Model Contra-Soprano
guitar.
6.11.13
New reviews for Becoming.
6.10.13
New concert review from the 2012 European Tour added to the
Concerts Review page.
6.01.13
Announcing the
Kevin
Kastning YouTube channel.
5.25.13
New review for Becoming from Guitar Player
Magazine.
5.23.13
Becoming is being featured this week on NPR radio stations:
5.11.13
New York City: Kevin Kastning & Mark
Wingfield live in concert at Drom in New York
City on Saturday August 17, 2013.
5.8.13
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
5.2.13
New interview from MWE3 Magazine.
5.1.13
New reviews for Becoming.
4.10.13
Becoming is being featured on the following NPR stations:
WRSU - New Jersey
WRUV - Vermont
KUNM - New Mexico
WCBN - Michigan
WMUH - Pennsylvania
WTUL - New Orleans
WMBR - Massachusetts
KLCC - Oregon
A big and sincere thank you to these stations!
3.29.13
Announcing the Emerald Guitars KK 30-string Triocha Contra-Soprano
guitar.
3.28.13
New reviews for Becoming.
3.21.13
First US airplay for
04.11.15
An interview with Mark Wingfield, where he discusses our music.
02.07.15
New reviews for In Stories and
Watercolor Sky.
02.05.15
A new page at Emerald Guitars Ireland for the 36-string KK Signature Double
Contraguitar.
01.03.15
Watercolor Sky is named the No. 1 Best
Album of 2014 by Acoustic
Music magazine.
01.03.15
In Stories is named the No. 7 Best Album of
2014 by Acoustic Music
magazine.
01.03.15
New reviews for In Stories.
01.01.05
Quotes page updated.
12.07.14
New reviews for In Stories.
11.21.14
In Stories is number 29 on the
US Top
100 new classical releases chart.
11.19.14
New reviews for Watercolor Sky.
11.18.14:
In Stories, the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records on November 18, 2014.
11.09.14
NPR station WMUH-FM
in Pennsylvania has named Watercolor Sky
as their
number 4 album for October 2014.
11.08.14
New reviews for In Stories.
10.25.14
In Stories, the new album from Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records on November 18, 2014.
10.12.14
New interview from MWE3 magazine.
09.21.14
New reviews for Watercolor Sky.
09.05.14
I have been added to the KDNK radio network
Hall of Fame.
08.16.14
Watercolor Sky is currently being
featured on NPR stations WRUV
Vermont, WMBR Cambridge MA,
and WMUH, Pennsylvania.
08.01.14
I have been named
Artist of the Month for August 2014 by K&K Systems.
My sincere gratitude to all at K&K.
07.29.14
Watercolor Sky, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Carl Clements: release date 7.29.14.
07.18.14
Watercolor Sky, the new album from Kevin
Kastning and Carl Clements: release date 7.29.14.
06.10.14
New Tour and Concert Photos page.
06.02.14
The May 30 2014 interview with WHFR-FM for Public
Radio International is available here.
06.01.14
Article in The Groton Line.
5.26.14
I will be interviewed live on Public Radio International (PRI) station WHFR in
Detroit this Friday, May 30 between 6 - 8 PM EST. Listen online at
whfr.fm
From WHFR-FM in Detroit:
"I will be interviewing this Incredible artist, Guitarist Kevin Kastning, Friday
May 30th on the "Space is the Place" program ( 6p.m. to 8p.m. EST) at whfr.fm
Henry Ford College Radio, (Detroit) MI. Public Radio International. Please Join
me for this Exciting interview of One of America's Most Critically Acclaimed
Acoustic Guitarists Today!"
5.11.14
New reviews for Dark Sonatas.
5.4.14
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
5.1.14
My music is being featured in May on
Detroit NPR station WHFR-FM.
Listen online; tune in 6 - 8 PM EST. My gratitude to WHFR and the Space is
the Place show.
4.19.14
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
4.16.14
My music will be featured this Friday April 18 on
Detroit NPR station WHFR-FM.
Listen online; tune in 6 - 8 PM EST. My gratitude to WHFR and the Space is
the Place show.
3.22.14
Announcing the Emerald Guitars KK36 Double Contraguitar.
3.9.14
A nice ad from one of my sponsors,
Peterson Tuners.
2.20.14
Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Live in concert: 8:00 PM
Friday April 4 2014 in Amherst, Massachusetts at Hampshire College Concert Hall.
Tickets on sale now.
1.18.14
Becoming and
Dark Sonatas are both named as two of the Best Albums of 2013 by
Acoustic Music.
1.5.14
Dark Sonatas is named as one of the Top 10
Albums of 2013 by MoonJune
Records.
1.1.14
New album reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
12.26.13
Album Reviews page updated.
12.15.13
Nowhere, Now Here and
Dark Sonatas continue to receive airplay on
various NPR stations in the US, including
WRUV in Vermont, and
WRSU in New Jersey.
11.26.13
Quotes page updated.
11.25.13
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
11.24.13
New reviews for Becoming.
10.21.13
A new interview with Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield
from Music Web Express magazine.
10.16.13
New reviews for Dark Sonatas.
10.14.13
Listen page added.
10.8.13
I am now an Artist Endorser for
Peterson Tuners.
10.7.13
New reviews for the album Nowhere, Now Here.
10.4.13
In the Fall 2013 issue of
Berklee Today,
the Berklee College of Music
alumni magazine, there is a photo of me with the Emerald
30-string Kevin Kastning Signature model and a paragraph about the
two most recent album releases.
09.04.13
New interview with Guitar Moderne magazine.
08.20.13
Dark Sonatas, the new album from Kevin
Kastning & Mark Wingfield, is released today.
08.04.13
Greydisc Records announces Dark Sonatas, the new album from Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield.
Worldwide release date 8.20.13;
now available for pre-order on Amazon.
08.01.13
New reviews for Nowhere, Now Here.
07.30.13
A new interview with Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements
from MWE3 magazine.
07.27.13
A new review for An Illustrated Silence
from the London Jazz Times.
07.01.13
The new album from Kevin Kastning and Carl Clements:
Nowhere, Now Here. Worldwide release by Greydisc Records July 16, 2013.
Now available for pre-order on amazon.com. This album is the recording debut
of the new Emerald 30-string Kevin Kastning Signature
Contra-Soprano guitar.
6.21.13
New "Album of the Year" review for In Winter.
6.19.13
Kevin Kastning + Mark Wingfield: Live in New York City, August 17.
This is an album release concert for our forthcoming album on Greydisc Records.
Tickets on sale
now at Ticketfly. I will be performing this concert using the new
Emerald 30-string Kevin Kastning Signature Model Contra-Soprano
guitar.
6.11.13
New reviews for Becoming.
6.10.13
New concert review from the 2012 European Tour added to the
Concerts Review page.
6.01.13
Announcing the
Kevin
Kastning YouTube channel.
5.25.13
New review for Becoming from Guitar Player
Magazine.
5.23.13
Becoming is being featured this week on NPR radio stations:
5.11.13
New York City: Kevin Kastning & Mark
Wingfield live in concert at Drom in New York
City on Saturday August 17, 2013.
5.8.13
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
5.2.13
New interview from MWE3 Magazine.
5.1.13
New reviews for Becoming.
4.10.13
Becoming is being featured on the following NPR stations:
WRSU - New Jersey
WRUV - Vermont
KUNM - New Mexico
WCBN - Michigan
WMUH - Pennsylvania
WTUL - New Orleans
WMBR - Massachusetts
KLCC - Oregon
A big and sincere thank you to these stations!
3.29.13
Announcing the Emerald Guitars KK 30-string Triocha Contra-Soprano
guitar.
3.28.13
New reviews for Becoming.
3.21.13
First US airplay for Becoming:
WMUH in Pennsylvania
is featuring the track
The Wind Unheard, and
WMBR in Cambridge, Massachusetts is featuring the track
No Sound of Water.
3.17.13
I walked into the silver darkness, my
2011 album with Mark Wingfield, has a featured track on
MoonJune Records' compilation album The Open Road, Volume 1. I
am honored to appear on this compilation album with such luminaries as Alan
Holdsworth and Jan Akkerman.
3.3.13
Greydisc Records announces the release date of March 26, 2013 for
Becoming, the new album by
Kevin Kastning, Sándor Szabó, and Bálazs Majór.
Becoming is now available for pre-release purchase at amazon.com. More info coming soon.
2.25.13
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
2.18.13
The Artist Endorsement page has been updated.
2.6.13
An
Illustrated Silence is named as one of the Top 10 albums for
2012 by NPR affiliate
WFMU-FM radio in New York
City.
1.15.13
My recent album The Book of Crossings
with Sándor Szabó makes
AcousticMusic.com and
FAME Magazine's list of Top 20 Albums for 2012.
1.9.13
January 2013 is Kevin Kastning Month on radio station
CJAM 99.1 FM in Windsor
Ontario, Canada and Detroit. Throughout the month of January, CJAM 99.1 FM
will be featuring music from my recent albums
Triptych, Dreaming As I Knew,
In Winter,
The Book of Crossings, and An
Illustrated Silence.
Listen in to the "Orbis Terrarvm" show,
Sunday nights 8 - 10 PM ET.
Listen to archived shows here.
1.6.13
Carl Clements and I performed at
Drom in New York City on
1.4.13.
Photos of the concert here.
1.2.13
My new album with Mark Wingfield, An
Illustrated Silence, is named as one of the
Top 10 albums for
December 2012 by NPR affiliate
WMUH-FM radio in
Pennsylvania.
12.26.12
My recent album The Book of Crossings
with Sándor Szabó makes
Acoustic Guitar Magazine's
list of Top 10 Albums for 2012. Thank you, AG! See the Top 10 article in
the February 2013 print issue of
Acoustic Guitar Magazine.
12.24.12
From
TimeOut New York:
"Acoustic-guitar maverick Kevin Kastning, a specialist in an extra-stringed
instrument he calls a Contraguitar, comes to
Drom with saxophonist and bansuri flutist Carl Clements, with whom he
recorded Dreaming As I Knew, a lovely,
contemplative recent album sure to appeal to admirers of early Windham Hill and
ECM."
12.20.12
January 2013 is Kevin Kastning Month on radio station
CJAM 99.1 FM in Windsor
Ontario, Canada and Detroit. Throughout the month of January, CJAM 99.1 FM
will be featuring music from my recent albums
Triptych, Dreaming As I Knew,
In Winter,
The Book of Crossings, and An
Illustrated Silence.
Listen in to the "Orbis Terrarvm" show,
Sunday nights 8 - 10 PM ET.
Listen to archived
shows here.
12.04.12
New reviews for I walked into the silver
darkness and In Winter.
11.18.12
Interviews page updated with new interview
from
Music Web Express magazine.
11.17.12
Updated reviews page for An Illustrated
Silence.
11.16.12
Updated reviews page for In Winter with a
new review from
Guitarbench Magazine.
11.15.12
LIVE IN NEW YORK:
Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Friday January 4 2013 at Drom in New York
City.
Tickets on sale now!
11.01.12
Announcing the
Roberts Kevin Kastning 17-string Contraguitar. Details coming soon!
10.31.12
Kevin Kastning and Mark Wingfield: Live on the air in New York City on
WFMU-FM on Monday November 5
from 1 - 3 PM. Listen in on
WFMU's live streaming links.
10.12.12
New reviews for An Illustrated Silence.
10.10.12
Kevin Kastning & Mark Wingfield: Live in New York City, November 5 at Drom.
This is the album release concert for
An Illustrated Silence. Advance
tickets on sale now.
10.10.12
New reviews for The Book of Crossings
and In Winter.
10.09.12
An Illustrated Silence is released
today. Available at
amazon.com,
CDBaby, and
iTunes.
10.08.12
A sampling of radio airplay for this week:
| Radio station and location | Currently featuring |
| KLCC-FM Eugene, OR | An Illustrated Silence |
| WMBR-FM Cambridge MA | An Illustrated Silence |
| CIUT-FM, Toronto CANADA | An Illustrated Silence |
| CIUT-FM, Toronto CANADA | The Book of Crossings |
| KDNK-FM, Colorado | An Illustrated Silence |
| KDNK-FM, Colorado | The Book of Crossings |
| KDNK-FM, Colorado | In Winter |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | An Illustrated Silence |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | The Book of Crossings |
| KUNM-FM New Mexico | The Book of Crossings |
| WRUV-FM Vermont | The Book of Crossings |
10.08.12
In Winter in
Berklee
Today magazine.
10.01.12
The wonderful photography on
An Illustrated
Silence is by
Anne McGrath.
09.24.12
KDNK-FM radio in
Colorado has added me to their
Hall of Fame.
Thank you, KDNK!
09.23.12
A sampling of radio airplay for this week:
| Radio station and location | Currently featuring |
| WMBR-FM Cambridge MA | An Illustrated Silence |
| CIUT-FM, Toronto CANADA | The Book of Crossings |
| KDNK-FM, Colorado | The Book of Crossings |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | The Book of Crossings |
| KALX-FM San Francisco | In Winter |
| KUSF-FM San Francisco | In Winter |
| WRUV-FM Vermont | The Book of Crossings |
09.22.12
In Winter is reviewed by
JazzTimes magazine in the
September 2012 issue.
09.20.12
In Winter is being featured on
radio
KUSF-FM in San Francisco.
09.19.12
Discography page updated.
09.14.12
From Daniel Roberts Stringworks' website: "Kevin is getting more press and
much deserved recognition every day as one of the leading avant garde modern
classical/jazz musicians in the world. Kevin is incredibly prolific, recording
huge amounts of music with many of the most recognized musicians in the genre! I
am so honored (and challenged) to be co-designing, building and then modifying
to add even more courses to the instruments that he relies upon as he continues
his stellar rise to greatness. Currently I am preparing to convert the other
Roberts steel-string Contraguitar to 16 strings, and then am building a 16
string classical guitar for one of Kevin's primary collaborators, Sandor Szabo,
from Hungary, as well as an 18 string classical for Kevin. Dominic Miller, lead
guitarist for sting and noted classical guitarist has called Kevin the most
modern guitarist in the world. Check him out if you are interested in this
amazing music!"
09.13.12
New review for In Winter from
Guitar Player magazine.
09.12.12
New review for Dreaming As I Knew from
Creations magazine.
09.07.12
Greydisc Records announces the release of the new album by British electric
guitarist Mark Wingfield
and Kevin Kastning, entitled An Illustrated Silence. This is
the
duo's second Greydisc album. US and international release date for
An
Illustrated Silence is October 9, 2012.
09.07.12
The Book of Crossings is on
WMUH-FM's Top 10
List for August 2012, and on KFJC-FM
Los Angeles' most-played list of albums for August 2012.
09.04.12
My December 2010 interview in
Guitar Player
magazine was just named as one of the
All-Time Top 40 Guitar Player interviews.
09.03.12
Announcing the Roberts - Kevin Kastning 16-string
Contraguitar.
09.02.12
Radio airplay for this week:
| Radio station and location | Currently featuring |
| CIUT-FM, Toronto CANADA | The Book of Crossings |
| KUNM-FM, New Mexico | The Book of Crossings |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | The Book of Crossings |
| WCBN-FM Michigan | The Book of Crossings |
| WRUV-FM Vermont | The Book of Crossings |
| KJFC-FM Los Angeles | The Book of Crossings |
08.27.12
New reviews for Dreaming As I Knew.
08.27.12
In Winter is at
No.
14 on Amazon.com's list of Top 100 Avant-Garde albums.
08.25.12
Radio airplay for this week:
| Radio station and location | Currently featuring |
| KBOO radio network, Oregon | In Winter |
| WFMU-FM, New York City | In Winter |
| CIUT-FM, Toronto CANADA | The Book of Crossings |
| KUNM-FM, New Mexico | The Book of Crossings |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | The Book of Crossings |
| WCBN-FM Michigan | The Book of Crossings |
| WMUH-FM Pennsylvania | Dreaming As I Knew |
08.19.12
New reviews for The Book of Crossings.
08.12.12
The Book of Crossings is being
featured on NPR stations WRUV-FM
and WMUH-FM.
08.11.12
Dreaming As I Knew is in
WMUH-FM's Top 10
for July 2012.
08.10.12
New reviews for In Winter.
08.09.12
New reviews for The Book of Crossings.
08.08.12
A special edition of "Pushing the Envelope" on NPR station
WHUS-FM, entirely dedicated
to my music. The following compositions were featured:
| Composition | Album |
| Three Organ Pieces | Kevin Kastning: Keyboard Works (unreleased; 2001) |
| November 24 | KastningSiegfried: Book of Days (unreleased; 2002) |
| Macrolibrium 9 | KastningSiegfried: Scalar Fields (Greydisc; 2005) |
| Fifth Pleochroism | Kevin Kastning & Sandor Szabo: The Book of Crossings (Greydisc; 2012) |
| Nachspiel | Kevin Kastning & Sandor Szabo: The Book of Crossings (Greydisc; 2012) |
| A Sense of Drift | Michael Manring & Kevin Kastning: In Winter (Greydisc; 2012) |
| Long quiet transform of a thousand skies | Mark Wingfield & Kevin Kastning: I walked into the silver darkness (Greydisc; 2011) |
| Perforating the Visible | Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Dreaming As I Knew (Greydisc; 2012) |
| Triptych III | Kevin Kastning-Sandor Szabo-Balazs Major: Triptych (Greydisc; 2011) |
"Kevin's music, both solo and in tandem with other talented musicians, creates a bedrock of "aural familiarity" using the classic sound of the acoustic guitar while seamlessly taking the listener into his impressionistic compositional world of alternative tunings, phrasings, and tonality." - Joel Krutt; host of "Pushing the Envelope," WHUS-FM.
08.07.12
New reviews for Dreaming As I Knew.
08.01.12
Radio WMBR-FM in Boston is
featuring the track "Modus Novus II" from the new album
The Book of Crossings.
07.31.12
Radio WMBR-FM in Boston is
featuring the tracks "Neither Nor Here," and "Though Unclosed, Speaking" from
the new album
In Winter.
07.22.12
I currently have two albums charting in the
Top
100 World/New Age category: Dreaming As I Knew
and
In Winter. Big thanks to both
Michael and
Carl.
07.21.12
A new review from
Lux Atena magazine in Spain for Dreaming As I Knew.
07.17.12
New review from
Progression magazine for I walked into the
silver darkness.
07.14.12
Greydisc Records announces the new album by Kevin Kastning and Sandor Szabo,
entitled The Book of Crossings. Worldwide release date August 7, 2012.
07.13.12
Afterglow on
WMUH-FM has placed Dreaming As I Knew at
no. 2 in its Top 10 for June 2012.
07.08.12
New reviews for In Winter, including
one from
Lux Atena magazine in Spain.
07.02.12
Dreaming As I Knew is being featured on NPR
radio KUNM in New Mexico.
07.01.12
In Winter is listed as one of the
top-selling new age albums at
CDBaby.
06.21.12
A new
interview at MWE3 magazine.
06.19.12
Afterglow on
WMUH-FM has placed Dreaming As I Knew in
its Top 10 for April and May 2012.
06.17.12
New
review for In Winter from
Music
Web Express magazine.
06.15.12
Dreaming As I Knew
places at no. 51 in the
Top
100 new age/world albums for May 2012.
06.08.12
Mark your calendars! Mark Wingfield and Kevin Kastning: Live in New York
City! Album release party and concert at
Drom in NYC, Monday
November 5. 2012.
06.07.12
New reviews for In Winter.
New reviews for Dreaming As I Knew.
06.05.12
On Retelling from In Winter is being
featured on NPR station
KLCC-FM in Oregon.
06.03.12
The Reviews page for
Triptych has been updated.
06.01.12
Voices in Light from Dreaming As I Knew
is being featured on WMUH-FM in Pennsylvania.
05.27.12
In Winter is being featured on the following
radio stations:
WRUV-FM - Vermont
WHUS-FM - Connecticut
WMBR-FM - Cambridge
05.26.12
Artist Endorsement page updated.
05.25.12
Dreaming As I Knew is no. 76 on the
New
Age/Ambient Top 100 chart.
05.20.12
The WFMU-FM in New York City live radio performance of Carl Clements and Kevin
Kastning of April 30, 2012 is
now available at the Free Music Archive.
05.09.12
Greydisc Records announces the release of the new album by
Michael Manring and
Kevin Kastning entitled In Winter.
Release date is May 29, 2012.
Available now for pre-order at amazon.com.
05.08.12
WRUV-FM in Vermont is featuring various tracks from "Dreaming
As I Knew" throughout May.
05.02.12
Radio airplay this week for "Dreaming As I Knew"
WRUV - Vermont
WMBR - Cambridge, MA
WFMU - New York City
WHUS - Connecticut
WMUH - Pennsylvania
WUOT - Tennessee
WMUA - Amherst, MA
Radio Paradise - online
RTR-FM - Australia
05.01.12
If you missed the live radio performance of Carl Clements and I yesterday on
WFMU-FM in New York City, you can listen and see performance photos of us in the
WFMU studios
here.
04.28.12
Carl Clements and I will be doing a live radio performance on WFMU-FM in New
York City on Monday, April 30 from noon - 3 PM EST. You can listen live
online at WFMU.org.
From the WFMU website: "Monday April 30th: Kevin Kastning - For a number of
years Kevin Kastning has been turning acoustic guitar playing inside out. Sonic
landscapes populate his music, with microtonal overlays of tones and textures.
The Massachusetts-based Kastning also favors collaborations that mesh into
musical other-ness, such as his discs with Hungarian guitarist Sándor Szabó and
one with U.K guitarist Mark Wingfield last year. His lateest, "Tryptich"
features a trio with Szabó and Balázs Major, and there's another new one on the
way. Kevin Kastning plays live."
04.27.12
New review for Dreaming As I Knew from
FAME
Magazine.
04.20.12
New review for Dreaming As I Knew from Guitar Player Magazine.
04.17.12
KDNK-FM in Colorado has been featuring Dreaming as I
Knew.
04.16.12
WFMU-FM in
New York City has been featuring the tracks "A Different Breath, About
Nothing," and "Nothing Here But Dreams" from the new album
Dreaming as I Knew.
04.07.12
Today, Dreaming As I Knew reached No. 1 on
amazon.com's list of Top 100 Avant-Garde Jazz/Free Jazz albums.
04.07.12
In March and April, WFMU-FM in
New York City has been featuring the tracks Troglodyte hiemalis,
Harangok, and Quatrefoil from the album Triptych.
04.01.12
On Tour page updated.
03.17.12
2012 Triptych Tour: I will be
on tour in
Europe with Sándor Szabó
and Bálazs Major March
20 - 28.
03.01.12
Greydisc Records announces the release date for the new album by Kevin Kastning
and Carl Clements
entitled "Dreaming As I Knew." Release date: March 27, 2012.
02.20.12
Long quiet transform of a thousand skies from I walked into the silver darkness
is being featured
on WFMU-FM in New York
City.
02.14.12
Triptych is being featured on "The New Edge"
show on NPR station WMBR-FM.
02.13.12
Triptych reviews page updated.
02.12.12
A nice mention in the
Berklee
Alumni Magazine.
02.11.12
Triptych is being featured in the Czech
Republic on
Czech Radio 3.
02.10.12
The tracks Utazás and
Triptych II from the new album
Triptych on
Amazon's Hot New Releases in Avant Garde list.
02.02.12
Introducing the new 14-string Kevin Kastning
Contraguitar model C2 from
Daniel Roberts
Stringworks.
02.01.12
WDBX-FM in Illinois is featuring the tracks Triptych I,
Triptych II and Triptych III
from the new album
Triptych.
01.31.12
WFMU-FM in New York City has named Arch of unimagined bridges from
I walked into the silver darkness as one
of their
favorite tracks of 2011.
01.30.12
Triptych is being featured on NPR's
Vermont Public Radio WRUV-FM.
01.29.12
On Tour page updated.
01.27.12
Radio KZUM-FM in Lincoln, NE
is featuring the track Utazás
from the album Triptych.
01.14.12
European concert tour in March 2012 with the trio on my new
album Triptych. Concert tickets for
dates in Hungary are on sale now:
March 22: Vac, Hungary.
01.09.12
New York City:
double airplay for both Triptych and
I walked into the silver darkness today
on WFMU-FM in New York
City. Featured tracks were Triptych
II from Triptych and The mirror of here
from I walked into the silver darkness.
01.08.12
Updates on the Triptych reviews page.
01.07.11
Airplay for Triptych on NPR's
Vermont Public Radio WRUV-FM.
01.01.12
Updates on the Strings and Tunings page.
12.26.11
The arch of unimagined bridges from I walked into the silver darkness
is being featured
on WFMU-FM in New York
City.
12.13.11
Triptych, released today by Greydisc Records.
12.08.11
A
new interview with Mark Wingfield and myself from Music Web Express 3000 magazine.
12.05.11
December airplay for
I walked into the silver darkness
on WFMU-FM in New York
City, WTUL-FM in
New Orleans,
Radio BFJ;
Tokyo, Japan, and WWUH-FM in
Connecticut/Central Massachusetts.
11.17.11
Greydisc Records announces the release date for my new album
Triptych.
This album was recorded on-location in Europe, and features guitarist
Sandor Szabo and
percussionist Balázs Major.
US release date for Triptych is December 13, 2011.
11.14.11
I have just completed recording sessions with British guitarist
Mark Wingfield for
our third album. The album will be released on Greydisc Records in 2012.
11.11.11
November airplay for
I walked into the silver darkness
on WFMU-FM in New York
City, WTUL-FM in
New Orleans,
Radio BFJ;
Tokyo, Japan, and WWUH-FM in
Connecticut/Central Massachusetts.
11.01.11
I have completed
recording sessions for a
new album with bass
virtuoso
Michael Manring. The album will be released on Greydisc
Records in early 2012.
10.20.11
I have completed
recording sessions for a new album with Belgian lutenist
Gilbert Isbin. The album will be released on Greydisc Records in 2012.
10.16.11
I walked into the silver darkness
continues to be featured on WTUL-FM in New
Orleans.
10.15.11
New reviews for I walked into
the silver darkness.
10.13.11
I walked into
the silver darkness is being featured
on-air at Radio BFJ; Tokyo, Japan.
10.03.11
The September 2011 Guitar Player Magazine article is now available online.
10.02.11
Gravity of Shadows continues to be
featured on WFMU-FM in New
York City.
10.01.11
I walked into the silver darkness
is being featured on NPR station
KZUM-FM in Lincoln, Nebraska.
10.01.11
New reviews for Returning.
09.24.11
New additions to the Interviews page.
09.13.11
I walked into the silver darkness
is being featured on WTUL-FM in New
Orleans.
09.06.11
New reviews for I walked into
the silver darkness.
09.05.11
I walked into the silver darkness
continues to be featured on
WFMU-FM in New York City.
09.02.11
I walked into the silver darkness
continues to receive airplay on NPR's
Vermont Public Radio WRUV-FM.
09.01.11
NPR stations WDBX and
WSIU in Chicago are
again featuring the track Air distance transform
from I walked into the silver darkness.
08.24.11
I walked into the silver darkness is being featured on
WFMU in New York City.
08.20.11
I am now an Artist Endorser for
Anvil Cases.
08.13.11
Mark Wingfield and I are featured in the print version of the September 2011
issue of Guitar Player
magazine, in an article about the making of
I walked into the silver darkness.
08.06.11
NPR stations WDBX and
WSIU in Chicago are
again featuring the track Air distance transform
from I walked into the silver darkness.
08.02.11
New reviews for I walked into
the silver darkness.
08.02.11
New reviews for Returning.
08.01.11
Gravity of Shadows is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
07.23.11
New reviews for I walked into the silver
darkness.
07.16.11
More radio support for I walked into the silver darkness
from NPR stations WDBX and
WSIU in Chicago.
Featured tracks are Air distance transform,
From all the green around you,
and The sharp crucible of autumn.
07.04.11
WDBX radio in Chicago is featuring the tracks Air distance transform,
From all the green around you, and The sharp crucible of autumn
from I walked into the silver darkness.
07.02.11
New reviews for I walked into the silver
darkness.
07.01.11
Updates at amazon.com's Kevin Kastning store.
06.23.11
The New Edge show on WMBR-FM
in Cambridge, Massachusetts is featuring the tracks
Scattered rain of sleep and What
when winter comes from I walked into the
silver darkness.
06.17.11
An interesting essay at
Mark Wingfield's blog.
06.14.11
I walked into the silver darkness
receives its first US airplay on
Vermont Public Radio. What when winter comes is the featured
track.
06.13.11
I walked into the silver darkness
debuts at number 13 on
amazon.com's "Hot New Releases in Avant Garde & Free Jazz" list.
06.08.11
The New Album page, with clips from the new
album by
Mark Wingfield and
Kevin Kastning, entitled I walked into the silver darkness.
05.21.11
Greydisc Records announces the release date of the new album by
Mark Wingfield and
Kevin Kastning, entitled I walked into the silver darkness.
International release will be June 21, 2011. This is the first album
release to feature the 14-string Contraguitar.
05.20.11
Guitar Player
magazine asked me to write an article for them;
it is now available online.
05.14.11
Umbra I - IV from
Gravity of Shadows is being featured on-air
at NPR's WDBX-FM in Chicago.
05.10.11
Gravity of Shadows is being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
05.07.11
A new review for
Gravity of Shadows from
FAME
Magazine.
05.06.11
Instruments page updated.
05.04.11
Interviews page updated.
05.01.11
Cartesian Other from Parabola is
being featured on radio
LoRa 97.5 FM in Zurich, Switzerland.
04.03.11
Part 2 of my interview with
The
Perfect Sound Forever magazine. Part 1 from December 2010 is
here.
04.02.11
A new review for
Returning from Jazz
Weekly.
03.19.11
I have just completed recording sessions for an upcoming duo album with guitar
great Alex De Grassi.
More info coming soon.
03.03.11
I will be at the opening show and reception for artist
Ken Browne's new
exhibit of paintings based on my music. It will be at the Origin
Gallery, located at 83 Harcourt Street in Dublin, Ireland. Date: 6 - 8 PM,
Thursday March 24, 2011.
02.26.11
Gravity of Shadows is number seven on
Amazon.com's list of Best 20/21st Century Classical for 2011.
02.19.11
Umbra I - IV from
Gravity of Shadows is being featured on-air
at NPR's WDBX-FM in Chicago.
02.15.11
Gravity of Shadows is being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
02.14.10
NPR's "Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS-FM is
featuring First Shadow Rising from
Gravity of Shadows.
02.13.11
Gravity of Shadows is now available in
Japan.
02.01.11
The complete transcript from the Holiday 2010
Guitar Player magazine interview.
01.25.11
Gravity of Shadows, the new album from
KastningSiegfried, has been released by Greydisc Records, and is now
available at Amazon.com.
01.12.11
Leaf Dawn Resist from Returning
featured on NPR station
KTRU-FM.
01.1.11
The Village Voice
Critics Poll: Top 800 Albums for 2010:
Returning places at #374.
12.31.10
Greydisc Records announces the new album from
KastningSiegfried, entitled Gravity of Shadows. Release date:
25
January 2011.
12.18.10
New interviews on the Interviews page.
12.05.10
Part
1 of a new interview published at The Perfect Sound Forever.
11.06.10
My
interview with Guitar Player Magazine: online edition with extras.
11.03.10
I have just completed the recording of two new albums with British guitarist and
composer Mark Wingfield.
The first of these will be released mid-2011; details coming soon.
11.01.10
Returning is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
10.23.10
Here is the cover of the Holiday
2010 issue of Guitar Player magazine in which I will be featured.
10.10.10
Returning is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
10.03.10
A new review for
Returning from
Sea of Tranquilty.
10.02.10
Returning continues to be featured on
WFMU in New York City.
10.01.10
Announcing the Kevin Kastning Contraguitar from
Daniel
Roberts Stringworks.
09.27.10
The Instruments page has been updated.
09.20.10
Version 2 of the Bricasti M7
digital reverb contains a preset named "Studio K." This is a
recreation of the acoustics and overall sound of the live room at Studio
Traumwald.
09.18.10
Amazon.com now has a Kevin Kastning store.
09.18.10
Returning is being featured on
WFMU in New York City.
09.17.10
Returning is being featured on the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) show "The Signal."
9.10.10
I will be the subject of a feature article in the December 2010 issue of
Guitar Player
Magazine. This from the
Guitar Player
twitter: "BC: I just completed a fascinating interview with Kevin Kastning,
one of the deepest guitarists I've ever encountered."
9.9.10
I will be recording an album with England's
Mark Wingfield in
the coming months. Mark plays only electric guitar, and I play only
acoustic, so this promises to be a most unusual project. Stay tuned.
09.04.10
Returning is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
09.03.10
New review for Parabola from
Exposé Magazine.
09.02.10
More radio airplay for Returning by
NPR on Washington
D.C.'s WPFW-FM.
09.01.10
Returning featured on
Hearts of Space.
09.01.10
New reviews for Returning.
08.12.10
Returning is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
08.03.10
Radio airplay for Returning on Wisconsin's
WWSP-FM.
08.02.10
More radio airplay for Returning by
NPR on Washington
D.C.'s WPFW-FM.
07.27.10
New interviews.
07.26.10
New reviews posted for
Returning.
07.21.10
Returning is again being featured on-air
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
07.20.10
Radio airplay for Returning by
NPR on Washington
D.C.'s WPFW-FM on the
"G-Strings" show.
07.19.10
New reviews posted for
Returning.
07.17.10
Radio support for Returning on
WCJZ-FM.
07.16.10
The big interview from Billy's Bunker magazine.
07.11.10
New reviews posted for
Returning.
07.08.10
"The New Edge" show on WMBR-FM
88.1 in Cambridge, Massachusetts is featuring
Point of Entry from
Returning.
07.07.10
WHUS-FM in Connecticut is
featuring Sempiternal from
Returning.
07.05.10
New reviews posted for
Returning.
06.30.10
"The New Edge" show on WMBR-FM
88.1 in Cambridge, Massachusetts is featuring
Over the
hills, the clouds seem so distant from
Returning.
06.23.10
I am now being represented by
Two For the Show
Media in New York.
06.21.10
Returning is being featured on-air, as well
as reviewed
at NPR's WRUV-FM in Vermont.
06.19.10
Returning is now
available in Japan.
06.17.10
Returning is now
available in Germany.
06.16.10
The piece Leaf Dawn Resist from
the new album Returning was featured on Australia's
Sideways Through Sound
radio show on FM 107.3.
Listen to the
show here.
06.12.10
Returning will be featured on Australia's
Sideways Through Sound show this week. You can listen live at 107.3FM
(in Sydney), or stream at:
www.2ser.com/stream, at 9PM (21:00) hours, Sydney, Australia time. It will
also be broadcast the following Sunday for non-Australian listeners at a more
reasonable time; please see the website for details.
The show will also be available as a free download after broadcast only from the
Sideways Through Sound website.
06.11.10
New review
published for Scalar Fields.
06.10.10
New review published for Returning.
06.09.10
Large gratitude to bass visionary Joe Zon of
Zon Guitars. Joe
is supplying master luthier
Daniel Roberts with custom fingerboards for the upcoming KK-Contra 16-string
guitar; as well as Phase II of the DKK-12 Extended 12-string Baritone.
Thank you, Zon!
06.06.10
Vermont NPR station WRUV-FM
has been featuring the track "Sialia sialis" from
"Returning."
06.01.10
Greydisc Records announces the release of the new album by
Sándor Szabó and
Kevin Kastning, entitled "Returning."
05.30.10
"Returning" receives its first
radio airplay on Illinois NPR station WDBX 91.1 FM. WDBX is featuring the
tracks "Point of Entry," and "Returning
to a Place We’ve Never Been."
05.22.10
Greydisc Records announces the release date of the new album by
Sándor Szabó and
Kevin Kastning, entitled "Returning."
The album will be released on June 1, 2010.
04.29.10
Carl Clements / Kevin Kastning Duo: Live in New York City,
Friday, May 7, 2010.
If you're in the New York City area, I will be appearing with
Carl Clements for the
opening of a retrospective art show by the internationally-known artist
Amanda Barrow.
Time is 6 - 8 PM; location is the
Blackburn 20/20 Gallery | Elizabeth Foundation | 323 W. 39th St., NYC.
04.19.10
With the focus on the new record which is releasing next month, I
sometimes forget that the other records have a life of their own. Some
news regarding Parabola:
•
WKCR-FM
in New York City has been featuring Vertex II and Vertex III on
their Transfigured Night show.
• If you're in Japan, Parabola is now available at
amazon.com's Japan site.
04.17.10
Another
review from the 2009 European Tour.
03.14.10
NPR's "Pushing
the Envelope" program names
Parabola as one the best albums of
2009.
03.12.10
New review of
Parabola from Spain's
Lux Ateneal webmagazine.
02.21.10
Greydisc Records announces the June 2010 release of the new album by
Sándor Szabó and
Kevin Kastning, entitled "Returning."
01.02.10
New review added for
Parabola.
01.01.10
Endorsements page
updated.
12.31.09
Quotes page updated.
12.30.09
I was invited to participate in the 2010
Palazzo del Majno International Opera Competition in Italy.
12.06.09
New concert reviews page added.
12.01.09
Parabola again featured on the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio 2 show "The
Signal."
11.30.09
More Parabola sales
in Japan. Thank you, Japan!
11.13.09
Visitors to my website have now topped 95,000 per month. My sincerest
gratitude to those who have visited.
11.12.09
New review of the Budapest concert.
11.11.09
Interview in the Nashoba Valley Newspapers.
11.10.09
New photos from the 2009 European Tour.
11.2.09
From Europe's Gondola Magazine
comes a new review of Parabola.
11.2.09
Translation of one of the Budapest concert
reviews.
11.2.09
A review of the concert in Vacz, Hungary.
11.1.09
From Europe's
Gondola Magazine comes a new review of
Resonance.
11.1.09
From Europe's Elkultura
Magazine
comes a new review of Parallel
Crossings.
11.1.09
New review of the Budapest concert.
10.31.09
Parabola has been receiving support and
airplay from the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio 2 on their show "The Signal."
10.24.09
And there's
this.
10.10.09
NPR station KUNM-FM
radio in Santa Fe,
New Mexico is featuring
Vertex IV
from Parabola.
10.07.09
On
Tour page updated with
photos from the 2009 tour with Dominic Miller and Sándor Szabó.
10.06.09
New 2009 European Tour review
10.02.09
The 2009 European Tour was wonderful.
Here is a review; more photos and info coming soon!
09.12.09
• Radio airplay in Budapest on
Pelikán Rádió FM 93.6.
• On Tour page updated.
09.09.09
NPR's
WRUV-FM, Vermont is
featuring more tracks from Parabola.
09.03.09
Click here to listen to the WRUV
interview. Or go here.
08.30.09
New tour information at Hungary's
Gitarhangtechnika.
08.15.09
I will be the on-air guest for an interview and feature involving my music on
NPR's WRUV-FM for
Vermont Public Radio. Broadcast time/date is Tuesday August 25, 3 - 6 PM
on "The
Floating Head Of Zsa Zsa" show.
08.14.09
NPR station KUNM-FM in Santa Fe,
New Mexico is featuring
Reflective Asymmetry
from Parabola.
08.11.09
New page added for the tour.
08.10.09
More
Parabola radio airplay on
WRUV-FM, Vermont.
08.07.09
Thank you, Sting.
08.06.09
Sandor and I will be
appearing in concert at the
Millenaris Theater in
Budapest, Hungary on September 27, 2009.
08.02.09
Parabola featured on
CKDU 88.1 FM, Nova
Scotia, Canada.
08.01.09
NPR's Indiana Public
Radio WFIU FM featuring
Vertex I from
Parabola on their
Artworks
page.
07.18.09
The webmagazine
Guitartechnika in Hungary presents
this 12-string article.
Here is a rough English translation.
07.17.09
More
Parabola radio airplay on
WRUV-FM, Vermont.
07.14.09
New
interview at
Bricasti.
07.11.09
Parabola radio airplay on "Difficult
Listening," on RTRfm radio;
Perth, Australia.
07.05.09
Parabola radio airplay on
WRUV-FM, Vermont.
07.01.09
Parabola radio airplay in
Hungary on the Rhythmic Wheel program.
06.21.09
Parabola radio airplay in Chicago on the
ITDE show at WDBX-FM.
06.16.09
New interview from Italy's
classical label
OnClassical.
06.14.09
Another mention from
Acoustic Guitar magazine in
this article.
06.04.09
Quotes page updated.
06.03.09
New painting from
American artist Jacquie
Gouveia based on and inspired by Parabola.
06.02.09
I am proud to announce that I am now an Artist Endorser for
Peluso Microphones.
06.01.09
Links page updated.
05.31.09
Australia: The show "Sideways Through Sound" on 107.3 FM in Sydney, Australia
continues to feature tracks from Parabola.
05.21.09
Sales of
Resonance and
Parabola in Japan. Thank you, Japan!
05.03.09
I am proud to announce that I am now an Artist Endorser for
Kelstone.
05.02.09
Parabola added to
WRUV Reviews page.
05.01.09
New reviews for
Parabola.
04.30.09
Parabola featured on the Hotlist at
Eckhart Tolle's website.
04.12.09
Artist Endorsements
page added. These are companies with whom I am honored to be
associated.
04.10.09
I am proud to announce that I am now an
Artist Endorser
for Ireland's
Enhanced Audio.
04.05.09
The
Szabó-Kastning 2009 European Tour kicks off
September 25 in Budapest. More info coming soon!
04.03.09
New reviews for Parabola.
04.02.09
Alooga Radio in Germany is now featuring the tracks "Hyperbola," "Trilateration,"
and others from my latest album,
Parabola on their "Starlight" show.
03.28.09
Parabola is featured on
WFMU's
Artworks page.
03.22.09
Radio WFMU New York City has added "Vertex I"
and "Vertex II "
from Parabola to their playlists.
03.20.09
• Australia: The show "Sideways Through Sound" on 107.3 FM in Sydney, Australia is featuring
tracks from Parabola.
• Australia: Radio 2SER Sydney requested a
station ID from me; you can listen to it
here.
03.15.09
• Italy: I have signed with the Italian online label
OnClassical.
More information
here.
• And a mention in
this blog article from Italy.
03.13.09
New reviews for Parabola.
03.05.09
Australia:
The show "Difficult Listening" on
Australia's RTRfm radio
network has added "Hyperbola"
from Parabola to their playlists.
2.24.09
Greydisc Records announces the official release of the new album by
Sándor Szabó and
Kevin Kastning entitled, "Parabola."
2.18.09
Based on some inquiries, I have added a new Donate
page.
2.03.09
•
New reviews published for Parallel
Crossings.
•
Quotes page updated.
•
Images page updated.
2.01.09
•
Studio page updated.
•
Discography page updated.
1.22.09
New page added for the latest instrument in the Santa Cruz KK
series, the KK-Alto guitar.
1.21.09
•
Strings and Tunings page updated.
•
Instruments page updated.
1.16.09
Greydisc Records announces the upcoming release of the new album by
Sándor Szabó and
Kevin Kastning entitled, "Parabola." The album will
feature 11 new compositions, and is slated for worldwide release on February 24,
2009.
12.26.08
Exposé Magazine
reviews both Resonance and
Parallel Crossings.
12.06.08
NPR station
WRUV-FM
in Burlington, Vermont has added "Parallel
Crossings" to their "In the Moment" expanded listening program.
11.04.08
I am featured in the new
Sweetwater catalog on pg. 245 in the
Bricasti ad. The M7
is truly my favorite studio reverb ever, and I am proud to be an artist endorser
for Bricasti.
10.18.08
The new album "Unplugged
and Unfretted," a compilation featuring fretless acoustic guitarists
from around the world, has been released. Included on the album is my own
performance of my composition, "Towards
the door we never opened." It is an honor to be among the fine
artists represented on this album.
01.13.07
I have been added to England's "Unfretted"
fretless guitar resource website for my fretless work on "Scalar
Fields."
01.05.07
The University of Vermont's WRUV-FM
in Burlington, Vermont has added "Open Form No. 3" from "Bichromial"
to their "In the Moment" expanded listening program.
01.02.07
New additions to the Instruments page. I
have been working with
Santa Cruz on two new instruments, shown in the "Santa Cruz Customs" section
on the Instruments page.
12.08.06
The Reviews page has been updated.
The Quotes page has been updated.
The Links page has been updated.
The mp3 Download page has been updated.
11.18.06
The Overworld page in the Images series has been updated with 26 new photos.
The Quotes page has been updated.
10.13.06
I will be recording a duo album with the great Hungarian
multi-guitarist,
Sándor Szabó.
Recording sessions in Hungary have already begun, and US recording sessions will
begin in December. I am honored to be collaborating with Sándor; he is a true
artist and a virtuosic force in expanding the voice and range of the acoustic
guitar, with such innovative instruments as
16-string acoustic guitars; both steel-string and nylon-string versions.
Sándor is also a master of the baritone guitar and fretless acoustic guitar. I
recommend his music
very highly.
Release dates and other information will be posted here as those details become
available. Worldwide release is scheduled for mid-2007.
9.15.06
The MySpace page
is now up and running.
9.9.06
The KastningSiegfried album "Scalar
Fields" will be featured in September and the following months on UK's
The Acoustic Stage
- radio for new music.
9.4.06
The Images page has been completely re-built, with
all photos categorized into six different pages. In the process,
over 110 new photos were added.
The Links page has been updated.
The KastningSiegfried page has been updated.
The Quotes page has been updated.
9.1.06
Radio Brazil has contacted me inquiring about a feature spot and interview for
their radio network. Details will be posted here as they become available.
8.24.06
I am now an artist endorser for
G7th Performance Capos.
My use of capos is unorthodox; I will use them around the 10th fret
when recording, to achieve a pseudo-harpsichord effect. Since I
usually employ this effect on
12-string, it's been impossible to find a capo
which works correctly. The G7th 12-string capo has been
working well for this purpose, and I'm proud to be onboard with them.
8.11.06
I have been collaborating with
Laurent Brondel,
and will appear as a guest on his next album. Release date and CD details
will be posted here as they become available.
8.09.06
The Contact Me page now features an instant
messaging widget. If you see me online, feel free to say hello.
7.31.06
For 2006, my website has been logging an average in excess of 45,000 visits per month.
Thank you all for stopping by!
7.11.06
The new Santa Cruz DKK-12 Extended Baritone
12-string guitar is announced. A new page
contains photos, the DKK-12 story, and an article by
Dan Roberts of
Santa Cruz Guitars.
7.10.06
The Instruments page has been updated.
6.30.06
In response to inquiries, I've added a new
String Gauges and tunings page.
5.10.06
As of this week,
amazon.com has sold out of Scalar Fields
four times since January 2006.
Copies are in stock now!
5.6.06
I have been working with Santa Cruz
Guitars on designing and developing another
experimental instrument in the
DKK series. Details here when the new model is
complete.
4.4.06
The Digital Download page has been updated.
KastningSiegfried albums are now available in
nine countries and counting.
3.27.06
New Quotes page has been added.
2.2.06
New review from Guitar Player Magazine
on the reviews page for Scalar Fields.
1.30.06
"Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS 91.7 FM
radio in Connecticut will be featuring "Macrolibrium 8" and "Macrolibrium
9" from the KastningSiegfried album Scalar
Fields.
1.18.06
KastningSiegfried have been collaborating
with Carl Clements, recording
compositions for his next album. Release details will be posted here as
they become available.
1.2.06
The reviews page for Scalar Fields
has been updated.
12.16.05
On this day in 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven was born in
Bonn,
Germany. "I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor.
What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose."
- LVB
12.12.05
New page added for
Digital Distribution. My albums may be purchased for download by the
track or by the entire album.
12.06.05
Reviews page and
Images page have been updated.
11.06.05
WDBX 91.1 FM
radio in Chicago will be featuring
"Microlibrium 2" and "Microlibrium 3" from the new KastningSiegfried CD
Scalar Fields
in November 2005 on the experimental music show
"ITDE."
11.01.05
Scalar Fields, the new CD from
KastningSiegfried: excerpts, background information, purchasing links, and
more.
10.13.05
In collaboration with the Santa Cruz Guitar Co., the new Kevin Kastning extended
baritone guitar, the
Santa Cruz DKK
has been announced.
10.04.05
I will be the guest on the November 17, 2005 broadcast of the TV talk show,
"Around Town Live," on northern Massachusetts cable TV.
10.01.05
A new CD by KastningSiegfried
will be released by Greydisc Records on November 1, 2005. The album
consists of 20 new compositions and is entitled, "Scalar Fields."
The instruments I'll be playing on Scalar Fields are: 6-string acoustic,
12-string acoustic, fretless classical, and the new Santa Cruz DKK Extended
Baritone guitar. Available through Amazon.com,
CDbaby.com, Borders.com, cdnow.com, Target.com, virginmega.com, and Waldenbooks.com, as well as this website. Samples in mp3 format will be posted
here a few weeks prior to the release date.
09.16.05
As an artist endorser for John Pearse Strings,
I've collaborated with them on introducing a
new baritone string based on my specifications.
I'm using it as the low G on the new baritone; it is an .080 double-wound
phosphor bronze, and is now available from John Pearse Strings.
09.06.05
Reviews page updated.
08.16.05
The London Chamber Group will again be performing Quartet Semiotic No. 1
for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Cello in London, England on their October 9,
2005
concert.
08.04.05
I am now a
BMI-affiliated composer.
07.23.05
Reviews page updated;
new quotes and a feature magazine article/cover.
06.23.05
Broadcasts page and Reviews page updated.
05.24.05
The London Chamber Group's world premiere of Quartet Semiotic No. 1
for Flute, Violin, Clarinet, and Cello, took place in London, England on May 22, 2005.
04.17.05
Instruments page and
Links page updated.
03.09.05
NPR Radio WFIU 95.1 FM at the University of Indiana
will be featuring three tracks, Open Form Nos. 1 - 3, from the new KastningSiegfried CD Bichromial
in March 2005 on the show
"Late Night Music."
03.02.05
The KastningSiegfried composition Open Form No. 16 from the album Bichromial has been released on the Oasis New Age Vol.
5 collection CD.
02.23.05
String Quartet No. 5 has been added to the
Modern Classical page, complete with
mp3 excerpts, a score example,
and program notes.
02.02.05
KastningSiegfried are
back in the recording studio, at work on their next CD. The new
album
will be released on Greydisc Records in fall 2005. Details and updates
will be posted here.
01.25.05
Quartet Semiotic No. 1,
the new composition for the London Chamber Group's 2005 concert season is
complete. The piece is composed for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello.
An excerpt can be heard here. Performance
dates will be posted here when available.
01.12.05
The KastningSiegfried composition Open Form No. 12 from the album Bichromial has been released on the Oasis
Acoustic Collection CD.
01.05.05
New Interviews page added.
12.18.04
New photos added to the Images
page.
12.01.04
WDBX 91.1 FM
radio in southern Illinois will be featuring
Open Form No. 4 from the new KastningSiegfried CD Bichromial
in December 2004 on the experimental music show
"ITDE."
11.24.04
Bichromial has been
reviewed by New Music Box magazine, and
selected as a Pick of the Week.
New reviews added to the
Reviews page.
11.16.04
"Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS 91.7 FM
radio at the University of Connecticut will be featuring Open Form No. 14 and
Open Form No. 15 from the new KastningSiegfried CD Bichromial
in November 2004.
11.14.04
WDBX 91.1 FM
radio in southern Illinois will be featuring
Open Form No. 8 from the new KastningSiegfried CD Bichromial
in November 2004 on the experimental music show
"ITDE."
11.09.04
Bichromial has been
reviewed by The Netherlands's
Bridge Guitar Review magazine.
11.01.04
New photos added to the Images
page.
10.30.04
Australia Public Radio will be featuring Open Form No. 15 from the new KastningSiegfried CD Bichromial throughout November 2004 on the show Difficult Listening. Difficult Listening is also broadcast over the internet; the show times are: 1.00pm Sunday GMT, 9.00am US Eastern time, and 6.00am US Pacific time.
10.29.04
Bichromial has been
reviewed by UK's
Music
News magazine.
10.28.04
10.27.04
10.07.04
Bichromial has been added to amazon.com's Amazon Early Adopter Indie list, a ranking of the 100 top-selling independent CD releases.
10.02.04
I have been selected as 13th Fret Artist of the Month for October 2004.
09.30.04
Newsletter page added.
09.16.04
New content added to the Links page.
09.02.04
I have been signed as an Artist Endorser for
John Pearse strings. I've been using John Pearse strings for over 20 years, so this is a welcome and exciting development.
08.15.04
Instruments page updated.
08.13.04
I will be the guest on the cable TV talk show, "Around Town," on Thursday, October 7. Excerpts from the new CD will be played and discussed on the show.
08.01.04
The new CD entitled "Bichromial" by KastningSiegfried is slated to be released by Greydisc Records on September 28, 2004. The CD will be available through Amazon.com, Borders.com, cdnow.com, Target.com, virginmega.com, and Waldenbooks.com, as well as this website. Samples in mp3 format will be posted
here a few weeks prior to the release date.
06.20.04
Greydisc Records will be releasing a new KastningSiegfried CD in late summer 2004. Details will be posted here.
05.02.04
New content added to the Links page.
04.23.04
The program notes for the London world premiere of
Arborescence for Open Quartet.
04.09.04
The London Chamber Group will be performing my composition Arborescence for Open Quartet in a concert which will take place on July 11, 2004 in London, England. An excerpt can be heard here.
3.15.04
Quote from Heinrich Schenker: "I would like to stress in particular the biological factor in the life of tones. We should get used to the idea that tones have lives of their own, more independent of the artist's pen in their vitality than one would dare believe." - Schenker: Harmony, p. xxv.
02.08.04
An mp3 excerpt for Bilateral Asymmetries No. 1; a new composition for oboe, bassoon, piano, can be
heard here.
02.04.04
I have been invited to submit a composition for
Masterprize 2005. The
composition will be scored for full orchestra; excerpts
will be posted here when this new piece is completed.
02.01.04
Arborescence for Open Quartet, the composition for the
London Chamber Group's 2004 concert season is complete, and an excerpt can be
heard here. This was an unusual piece, as
the LCG specified that each voice of the composition should be playable by
various instruments in multiple combinations. The instrument options are as follows:
1st voice: violin, flute, clarinet in Bb, or oboe.
2nd voice: violin, clarinet in Bb, or oboe.
3rd voice: viola, clarinet in Bb, or horn in F.
4th voice: cello, bass clarinet in Bb, or bassoon.
This presented manifold compositional challenges. E.g., no multiple-stops,
which are a standard element of string quartet writing. Ranges had to be
kept fairly constant so as to translate well to each instrument. The mp3
excerpt is played by string quartet.
01.04.04
New Writings page added.
01.03.04
25 new photos added to the Images page.
12.30.03
New links added to the Links page.
12.16.03
On this date in 1770, Ludwig von Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable." - Beethoven, 1810.
12.04.03
BBC Radio 3 in London and Glasgow, and ABC Radio Australia have requested KastningSiegfried CDs for broadcasting. The CDs have gone out, and broadcast dates and times will be posted here.
11.25.03
The London Chamber Group have added a page to their website for the compositions of mine with which they're involved.
10.24.03
KastningSiegfried are returning to the studio;
recording dates for late 2003 and early 2004 have been scheduled. A new CD
will be released, and excerpts will be posted here.
10.03.03
The
KastningSiegfried
composition
August 5 from the Book of Days CD was featured in the August 20, 2003 broadcast on
ABC Radio
Australia's "New Music Australia" radio program.
09.16.03
New Instruments page added.
09.05.03
New score examples added to the Scores
page.
09.04.03
New mp3 excerpts of the third movement of String Quartet
No. 3, String Quartet No. 4, and Piano Sonata Nos. 7 and 8 added to the
Modern Classical page.
08.30.03
I received a request from the London Chamber Group for another of my
compositions for their 2004 concert season. Details and an excerpt will be
posted here.
08.06.03
An article in which I'm mentioned can be found
here.
07.07.03
New links added to the
Links page.
06.10.03
The program
notes for the London world premiere of Bilateral Asymmetries No. 9.
05.31.03
Cover art photos have been added to the
CDs page, and
release information for the new album has been updated.
04.17.03
My composition
Bilateral
Asymmetries No. 9 for wind quintet will be performed by the
London Chamber Group on June 15 in London.
04.10.03
New mp3 excerpts added to the
KastningSiegfried page.
04.02.03
"Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS-FM will be featuring three
KastningSiegfried compositions from the
Book of Days CD. The pieces
"August 5," "August 8," and "March 1" will be receiving airplay throughout April
2003. FM radio and world-wide Internet broadcasts can be heard on Sundays at
2:00 PM US Eastern Standard Time; London: Sunday, 7:00 - 9:00 PM; Tel Aviv:
Sunday 9:00 - 11:00 PM; Hong Kong: Monday 2:00 - 4:00 AM; Sydney: Monday 4:00 -
6:00 AM.
03.28.03
I received a request from
BBC Radio 3 in London for a Kastning CD for broadcast. Broadcast dates and
times will be posted here.
02.01.03
I've been added to the Artists section of
Guitarra Magazine
online.
01.31.03
I received a request to submit a composition to be performed at the VII
International Guitar Congress Festival in Corfu, Greece; August 2003.
01.23.03
Difficult
Listening, a radio show for new and experimental music on Australian Public
Radio, is featuring a track by
KastningSiegfried in January, 2003.
01.09.03
New photos added to the
Images page.
01.05.03
"Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS-FM will be featuring the
KastningSiegfried composition
Binary
Form No. 1 throughout January 2003. FM radio and world-wide Internet
broadcasts Sunday nights at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time; London: Monday, 3 -
5AM; Tel Aviv: Monday 5 - 7AM; Hong Kong: Monday 10AM - noon; Sydney: Monday
noon - 2PM.
12.21.02
"Pushing the Envelope" on
WHUS-FM will be featuring my composition
Three
Organ Pieces throughout December 2002. FM radio and world-wide Internet
broadcasts Sunday nights at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time; London: Monday, 3 -
5AM; Tel Aviv: Monday 5 - 7AM; Hong Kong: Monday 10AM - noon; Sydney: Monday
noon - 2PM.
12.16.02
On this date in 1770, Ludwig von Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany. "Art
demands of us that we shall not stand still." - Beethoven, 1825.
12.08.02
New photos added to the
Images page.
12.02.02
Australian Public Radio in Perth, Australia will be featuring my music on
upcoming episodes of "Difficult
Listening." Broadcast dates and times will be posted here.
11.29.02
New
mp3 excerpt of Bilateral Asymmetries No. 9 for wind quintet.
This is the composition for the London Chamber Group's 2003 concert season.
11.21.02
WHUS-FM
at the University of Connecticut will be featuring my music on upcoming shows of
"Pushing the Envelope." The show will feature
KastningSiegfried as well as some of my
piano
sonatas and
organ
works. Broadcast dates and times will be posted here.
New photos added to the Images page.
11.12.02
I received a request from the London Chamber Group for one of my compositions
for inclusion in their 2003 concert season. Performances will occur in London
during the summer and fall of 2003. A piece for them is in progress, and I will
post samples
here
when it's completed.
11.06.02
New mp3 sample files on the
Listen
pages.
New score excerpts in .pdf format on the Scores page.
New photos on the Images page.