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Celtic Guitar Duets

5.9M streams

5,928,628

The Mystical Land: Celtic Guitar

3.5M streams

3,463,893

Celtic Guitar Duets: Christmas Edition

3.2M streams

3,237,985

Just Dadgad

2.4M streams

2,431,291

Celtic Guitar Music: Scottish Lochs

1.8M streams

1,796,401

Journey's End

1.8M streams

1,758,314

Ciùil Amuigh

1.6M streams

1,567,676

Lament

1.2M streams

1,234,862

Skye Boat Song (Theme from Outlander)

969.2K streams

969,164

Blind Mary (Guitar Duet)

893.6K streams

893,645

Biography

Stephen Wake is a fingerstyle guitarist and composer from Scotland, focusing on the traditional folk music of Britain and Ireland. Stephen has recorded five albums: Journey's End, Ciuil Amuigh, Celtic Guitar Music: Scottish Lochs, Celtic Guitar Duets, and The Mystical Land His third album, Celtic Guitar Music: Scottish Lochs, reflects his classical influences while maintaining a deep connection to the Celtic tradition. Stephen's compositions and arrangements contain a variety of styles, ranging from slow melodic airs to lively hornpipes, not shying away from jigs and reels which he combines to make sets that are both technically challenging but easy to listen to. His arrangements of Celtic solo finger-style guitar have been praised by El McMeen, Steve Baughman, and Al Petteway. In 2015, El McMeen reviewed Stephen's debut album Journey's End of which he said "Stephen's treatment of jigs and reels pays proper homage to the brilliance of players like Tony McManus and John Sherman. His more languid phrasing of the slower tunes, including the way he draws up to and presents the important melody notes, reminds me of the artistry of Steve Baughman"