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Classical Guitar Dispatch

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  • S1 Ep 6: LAGQ Part 1 Eh, Go Ahead...Meet Your Heroes

    September 4, 2026 · 54 min

    THEME Today’s dispatch comes from Los Angeles. Well, sort of. Today’s dispatch actually comes from parts of California, Brazil, and Spain, where the current and past members of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet reside. It took them 46 years…

  • CGD Book Club: "Julian Bream, A Life on the Road" Livestream

    August 9, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

    A big thank you to everyone who tuned into the first Classical Guitar Dispatch livestream! I loved hearing about readers’ favorite moments from Tony Palmer’s “Julian Bream: A Life on the Road” and discovering details about the process of…

  • S1 Ep 5: Julian Bream: a (re)introduction

    July 24, 2026 · 29 min

    THEME Today’s dispatch comes from St. Leonard’s Churchyard in Semley, Wiltshire, a picturesque county in southwest England. St. Leonard’s is the final tour stop of Julian Bream, a name that is likely familiar to classical guitar…

  • S1 Ep 4: Christopher Parkening, J.S. Bach, and Banana Boxes

    June 26, 2026 · 17 min

    THEME Today’s Dispatch comes from my hometown in rural Pennsylvania on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. I was twelve years old, and doing my best to avoid food-prep chores when the doorbell rang. It was Brian, a friend of my dad’s, who had…

  • S1 Ep 3: The Noble Profession, Part 2

    June 19, 2026 · 47 min

    THEME I had a wonderful education. I came into the music degree process underprepared and a bit terrified, but hungry to devour as much music and art as I could cram into my soft, still underdeveloped frontal lobe. I hit the conservatory…

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  • S1 Ep 2: The Noble Profession, Part 1

    June 12, 2026 · 42 min

    THEME Today’s Dispatch comes from the teaching studio. I’ve occupied a number of them over a 25-year span, ranging in aesthetic appeal from a dingy backroom owned by a guy who won the lottery and spent his winnings mismanaging a guitar…

  • S1 Ep 1: Cochran & McAllister in Sutherland, Scotland

    June 5, 2026 · 26 min

    THE CLASSICAL GUITAR DISPATCH S1 Ep 1: Cochran & McAllister in Sutherland, Scotland I’m Matthew Cochran. Welcome to the first episode of the Classical Guitar Dispatch, a new podcast dedicated to telling the story of the guitar. The first…

  • Guitar in Scottish Flow Country and Hard Goodbyes

    April 24, 2026 · 2 min

    This is a snippet from the first episode of the Classical Guitar Dispatch, where Matthew McAllister and I visit master luthier Michael Ritchie and his partner, master baker Susan Wallace, who runs a small batch bakery, Loaf. Michael and…

  • Searching for the Soul of the Guitar

    April 16, 2026 · 7 min

    Searching for the Soul of the Guitar I’m Matthew Cochran, host of the Classical Guitar Dispatch, this brand-new podcast that you are kind enough to be listening to. Normally, the tagline that I’ll use to end my intro is that the show is…

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About the show

Classical Guitar Dispatch is dedicated to telling the story of the guitar. Host Matthew Cochran draws on his own experiences, dives deep into the guitar’s rich history, and gets insights from some of the most influential voices in the contemporary guitar scene. classicalguitardispatch.substack.com