MoonDial Double LP

Legendary American guitarist, composer, improviser and 20time Grammy winner Pat Metheny announces the release of his newest album, MoonDial, on BMG on July 26. As on his previous recordings One Quiet Night 2003 and Whats It All About 2011, MoonDial is purely a solo guitar record with no overdubs, recorded on baritone guitar. What sets MoonDial apart from those projects is the guitar itself a custombuilt nylonstring instrument made by Linda Manzer, a close collaborator of Methenys and one of the worlds premier luthiers. For the previous albums Metheny developed a special tuning system that conventional nylon strings are not able to achieve without breaking or sounding like a banjo, as Metheny says, and his discovery last fall of a new kind of string made in Argentina that was up to the task opened up the world of possibilities heard on MoonDial.