Letting Go - Music

2014 Western Canadian Music Award Nomination - Instrumental Album Of The Year 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award Nomination - Best Instrumentalist - Solo 
2003 Western Canadian Music Award Nomination - Outstanding Instrumental Recording Canadian Acoustic Guitarist Les Finnigan Specializes In Composing Recording And Performing New Original Pieces For Solo Acoustic Guitar. His Compositions Combine Polymodal And Counterpoint Techniques Standard And Alternate Tunings And Hybrid Picking Fingerstyle And Flatpicking To Create Music That Is Artistic Thought Provoking And Rich With Melodic Motifs. Les Finnigan Has Independently Released 7 CDs And 2 DVDs And Has Sold Over 15 000 Copies To Fans All Over The World. He Is Regularly Heard Across Canada On Several CBC Radio Programs. His Music Has Also Been Used In Films Documentaries And Television Commercials. He Is A Tireless Entertainer And Performs Over 325 Days A Year At Venues Ranging From Coffee Shops And Restaurants To Concert Halls And Outdoor Festivals. He Is Also The Producer Of The West Coast Guitar Night Which Has Been A Popular Annual Concert In Vancouver Since 1999. Three Of His Albums Have Been Nominated For Awards Two Western Canadian Music Award Nominations Instrumental Album Of The Year - 2014 And Outstanding Instrumental Recording - 2003 And A 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award Nomination For Best Instrumentalist - Solo. Before Finnigan Started His Recording Career He Was The Winner Of The National Guitar Summer Workshop's Guitar Competition In 1996 And Also The Vancouver Unplugged Guitar Competition In 1996. He Studied At Douglas Academy Of Music With David Lund At The Institute Of Communication Arts And Has Attended Workshops With Leo Kottke Alex DeGrassi Pierre Bensusan Adrian Legg Martin Simpson Preston Reed Ed Gerhard Seth Austen Don Ross Tommy Emmanuel & Kent Hillman. He Started Playing Electric Guitar In 1980 And Made The Permanent Switch To Acoustic In 1995. He Has Extensively Studied Classical Counterpoint And Jazz Harmony And Also Played The Acoustic Drum Kit For About 10 Years. These Individual Studies Of Melody Harmony And Rhythm Combined With His Artistic Sense Of Structure And Balance Is What Makes His Music Unique. "Les Finnigan Has Been Described As A Guitar Wizard And He Gives Ample Evidence Of Why - His Original Instrumentals Employing Alternative Tunings Are Consistently Fascinating And His Playing Combines Leads Complex Accompaniment And An Unerring Beat In Such A Way That The Word Soloist Seems All Wrong."

- Alex Browne The Peace Arch News "Once Released From The Constraints Of Standard Guitar Tuning A Player With Good Ears And Hands Can Make Amazing Music Something Vancouver Guitarist Les Finnigan Has Clearly Figured Out. His Fingers Don't Just Play They Dance."
- John P. McLaughlin The Province "Finnigan's Use Of The Tonal Palette Of His 6-String Creates Aural Images That Are At The Same Time Warm And Inviting And Dark And Complex. It's Like A Picture Of Life Within A Song Beauty Tinged With Sorrow At Unexpected Places."
- Kirk Albrecht Minor 7th "Finnigan Stands Revealed As A Gifted Stylist And Perhaps An Even More Talented Composer."
- Alexander Varty The Georgia Straight "Finnigan Specializes In Pretty Guitar Tunes That Could Tame Such Savage Beasts."
- Steve Newton The Georgia Straight "Finnigan's Music Is At Times Soothing Uplifting Exciting And Melancholy." - Corry Anderson-Fennel The Now "One Jaw-Droppingly Fine Acoustic Guitar Player…"

- John P. McLaughlin The Province Solo Acoustic Guitar Music From Les Finnigan The Brave Dog 2013 *
Live At The West Coast Guitar Night - DVD 2011 The Fiery Cart 2009 Things My Guitar Said - 10th Anniversary Edition 2007 **

String-O-Vision - Live In Concert - DVD 2005 All Over The Map 2005 
Steel String Portraits 2002 ***

Live At The Cultch 2000 

Stories Without Words 1999 * 2014 Western Canadian Music Award Nomination For Instrumental Album Of The Year
** 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award Nomination For Best Instrumentalist - Solo

*** 2003 Western Canadian Music Award Nomination For Outstanding Instrumental Recording For More Information Please Visit Www.Lesfinnigan.Com read less