AJ Ghent is a Florida-based guitarist whose performance practice centers on a technique he describes as the "singing guitar" — using the instrument to produce vocal-quality tones and melodic lines that blur the line between instrumental music and song. The approach draws on gospel, R&B, and blues traditions while producing something that resists easy categorization: a guitarist who seems to be accompanied by a voice that exists entirely within the instrument.
His live performances have built a word-of-mouth following among audiences who encounter him without prior context and leave needing to describe what they just heard. The Tabernacle is a well-matched room for the kind of intimate, technically astonishing set Ghent delivers. July 17.
Location
The Tabernacle
152 Luckie St NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
