“We needed to avoid parasite noises when you slide your fingers along the strings”: Peppino D’Agostino on his nylon-string collab with a neuroscientist that could literally heal your mind

Peppino D’Agostino plays a cutaway acoustic guitar.

Straddling the boundaries of virtuosity and eclecticism, Italian-born American acoustic guitarist Peppino D’Agostino’s innovative fretwork saw him named by Guitar Player in 2017 as one of the 50 Transcendent Acoustic Guitarists on the scene.

His cross-cultural collaborations have also seen him work with longtime Joe Satriani drummer Jeff Campitelli and classical guitarist David Tanenbaum.