00000179-cdc6-d978-adfd-cfc6d7950000KMUW brings you a month of Guitar Moments as we celebrate the centennial birthday of guitar innovator Les Paul.We'll be posting several "moments" featuring local guitarists each week throughout the month of June.

Ryan Windham: The Great Kansas Experiment

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Ryan Windham’s explorations on the acoustic guitar involve him incorporating techniques more often associated with the instrument’s electric counterpart including two-handed tapping and layered effects. Windham’s approach to the instrument may be unconventional but his playing proves that his main focus is musicality. Here’s Windham captured in performance for the television series Wichita Sessions.

The guitar in its many forms and styles is featured throughout June across our music programs. For more information about the shows and their features and to listen to KMUW music shows anytime online, visit our website at kmuw.org.

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Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.
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