Ken Navarro takes you on a preview of his new album for 2025. Includes Ken’s personal thoughts and insights for each of these 12 new songs. GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY RIGHT HERE! Once again, renowned guitarist Ken Navarro puts on a consummate display of acoustic and electric guitar mastery as he steers his instrument and his unique stylings through an array of colors and emotions on his very impressive new album release for 2025 "It's Nice To Be With You" . This is Navarro’s 28th album release an...
Mar 03, 2025•19 min
The ninth episode (”Overview”) looks at how Ken decided which 12-13 songs from the 22 songs he has been composing were chosen for the upcoming album, his 28th.
Oct 03, 2024•8 min
The eighth episode (”The Ending”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the final 8 bars for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Sep 19, 2024•9 min
The seventh episode (”The Guitar Solo”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the extended guitar solo for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Sep 12, 2024•8 min
The sixth episode (”The Bridge”) looks at how Ken composed and recorded the bridge for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Sep 05, 2024•6 min
The fifth episode (”So Far”) looks at how Ken has put together the four sections of a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Aug 22, 2024•9 min
The fourth episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the Second Verse for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Aug 15, 2024•11 min
The third episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the First Verse for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Aug 08, 2024•8 min
The second episode looks at how Ken created the original version of the Introduction for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Aug 01, 2024•9 min
The premier episode looks at how Ken created the first version of the chorus hook for a new song temporarily titled “KN16”.
Jul 25, 2024•9 min
Ken speaks with drummer Bruce Guttridge about the connection of musical and personal growth and the 4 songs Bruce performed on for Ken’s new album for 2023 “Love Is Everywhere”. Once again, renowned guitarist Ken Navarro puts on a consummate display of guitar mastery as he steers his instrument and his unique stylings through an array of colors and emotions on his very impressive new album release for 2023 “Love Is Everywhere”. GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY RIGHT HERE! This is Navarro’s 27th album r...
Jun 16, 2023
Ken takes you into his recording studio and breaks down the mix of his new hit song "Silent Storm". Once again, renowned guitarist Ken Navarro puts on a consummate display of guitar mastery as he steers his instrument and his unique stylings through an array of colors and emotions on his very impressive new album release for 2023 “Love Is Everywhere”. GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY RIGHT HERE! This is Navarro’s 27th album release and it is striking that his songs and his guitar work continue to explo...
May 26, 2023
Ken Navarro takes you on a preview of his new album for 2023. Includes Ken’s personal thoughts and insights for each of these 11 new songs. GET YOUR AUTOGRAPHED COPY RIGHT HERE! Once again, renowned guitarist Ken Navarro puts on a consummate display of guitar mastery as he steers his instrument and his unique stylings through an array of colors and emotions on his very impressive new album release for 2023 “Love Is Everywhere”. This is Navarro’s 27th album release and it is striking that his son...
Apr 05, 2023•23 min
Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro takes you into his recording studio to show you how he took his song “Straight Out The Gate” (from his new album “I Will Still Be Here”) from a demo where Ken played all of the instruments to the finished track with all of the brilliant musicians whom Ken works and records with - bassist Gary Grainger, keyboardist Jay Rowe, drummer Jay Williams, trumpeter Tyler Mire and saxophonist Rob Holmes. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic & elect...
Nov 03, 2021•11 min
Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro is releasing his 26th album “I Will Still Be Here” on August 20, 2021. Ken takes you behind the scenes in this preview of some of the 11 new songs. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic & electric guitar work throughout, the new album for 2021 features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including saxophonist Eric Marienthal, bassists Gary Grainger, John Patitucci and Jim Cammack, drummers Chad Wackerman, Bruce Guttridge and...
Aug 16, 2021•11 min
Bassist Gary Grainger, keyboardist Jay Rowe and saxophonist Rob Holmes have been working with Ken for over 20 years and so Ken sat down with each of them and talked about their contributions to his song “Summer Smiles” and what it was like to work together in the studio during the Covid pandemic. "Summer Smiles" is one of the 11 new contemporary jazz songs from top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro's upcoming album, due out in summer 2021. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic &a...
Feb 12, 2021•18 min
Drummer Greg Grainger has been working with Ken for over 25 years but this is the first time they have sat down to have an in-depth discussion about recording the drums for Ken's latest hit song "When We Dance" from his 25th album "Into The Light" and much more. Along the way they discussed drumming, the recording process, the music business and playing and touring with Whitney Houston for her first world tour in 1988. “When We Dance”” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020...
May 05, 2020•1 hr
“Dancing Waters” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this podcast , Ken spoke with virtuoso drummer Bruce Guttridge about recording his drum part for ...
Apr 14, 2020•45 min
“Green Chile Stew” is one of the 11 new songs from Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this podcast , Ken spoke with soprano saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. about recording his saxopho...
Apr 02, 2020•24 min
“When We Dance” is one of the 11 new songs from Ken Navarro’s new album for 2020, “Into The Light”. This is Navarro’s 25th album and it features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist Lori Andrews & saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr. to name a few. For this podcast about the making of the song “When We Dance”, Ken listens to the song with you an...
Feb 24, 20200
When Lyle Mays passed away on February 10, 2020 at the age of 66, Ken and his friend, long time bandmate keyboardist Jay Rowe, both immediately knew they needed to pay tribute to this great musician who had influenced them both deeply for over 4 decades. Through his own music and recordings along with his contributions to the compositions, recordings and performances of The Pat Metheny Group, Lyle changed Ken's musical life and direction more than once. Included are excerpts from "San Lorenzo”, ...
Feb 13, 2020•51 min
Top charting and award winning guitarist Ken Navarro is releasing his 25th album “Into The Light” on February 21, 2020. Ken takes you behind the scenes in this preview of some of the 11 new songs. Featuring Navarro's brilliant acoustic & electric guitar work throughout, the new album for 2020 features over 20 musicians contributing to Ken’s new music including bassists Gary Grainger & John Patitucci, drummers Greg Grainger, Bruce Guttridge & Dave Weckl, keyboardist Jay Rowe, harpist ...
Feb 10, 20200
Ken's associate producer for his groundbreaking album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra" was a man whom Ken had previously worked with for many years. However this album was a new and multi-faceted challenge which Dan LaMaestra took on with a commitment to excellence. Dan handled the hiring of many of the musicians and coordinating the communication and preparation for the recording sessions with each of them as well as finding just the right recording studio for this special album. In addition, D...
Oct 08, 2018•1 sec
Virtuoso jazz harpist Lori Andrews was one of the first musicians Ken called when he started writing and orchestrating the music for "Music For Guitar And Orchestra". Lori is one of the few true jazz harpists on the planet and she and Ken speak in detail about how Ken used the harp on this new album. They also discussed some of the techniques Lori has created to make jazz music “groove” on a harp and the way she learned to solo on an instrument which is not known for improvisation. This is an am...
Oct 01, 2018•1 hr 10 min
Ken hangs out with 2 of the virtuoso musicians who played on Ken's new album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra". Dave Perkel (trombone), MaryAnn Perkel (cello) and Ken talk about everything from putting together an amazing custom orchestra for Ken's groundbreaking new music to the differences between performing as part of an orchestra in a concert vs. performing in the recording studio to the specific challenges of playing this emotional and interesting music. Fascinating behind the scenes stuff t...
Sep 24, 2018•43 min
Ken and his special guest Jay Rowe listen to Ken's groundbreaking album "Music For Guitar And Orchestra" and talk about the music - how it was composed, orchestrated, recorded and much more. This podcast is an excellent way to preview this breakthrough album with some very interesting commentary from Ken and Jay. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A SIGNED CD & DOWNLOAD OF "MUSIC FOR GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA" CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE GUITAR PARTS, MUSIC SCORES AND INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT PARTS FOR "MUSIC FOR GU...
Sep 17, 2018•51 min
Ken takes you behind the scenes and into his recording studio for an in depth preview of many of the 13 songs from his new album for 2016 "Bonfire". For more information, please visit: kennavarro.com CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A SIGNED CD OF "BONFIRE" CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A DOWNLOAD OF "BONFIRE"...
Sep 01, 2016•25 min
Ken has an in depth conversation with keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance. Best known for his three #1 solo albums including his brand new one "Aftersun" as well as numerous Grammy Award winning albums with Snarky Puppy, Bill is currently on tour with Snarky Puppy and spoke with Ken from the road. Music excerpts included in this podcast are Ken Navarro's "The Stars, The Snow, The Fire" from his album "Dreaming of Trains" and Bill Laurance's "Never Ending City", "Swag Times" and "Money In The ...
May 31, 2016•1 hr 12 min
Ken speaks with saxophonist Tony Craddock Jr, a young and gifted musician who has already released two excellent albums including 2014's "Convection" featuring Ken on the composition "1102 Bradfield Hall". Ken and Tony discuss how Tony is successfully making his way in the competitive world of music and smooth jazz as well as the the importance of time management, practice and building a career in music, one brick at a time. Tony and Ken will be performing a special concert together on Feb 14, 2...
Dec 20, 2015•29 min
Ken takes you into his recording studio for an in depth look at the instruments he played and the arrangement of his #1 hit song "Juliet" from his 2015 album Unbreakable Heart . For more information on Ken Navarro and his music, please visit: kennavarro.com
Nov 14, 2015•13 min
