30th May
Gareth has just completed a video shoot of Adrenalin Rush for Uned 5, the Welsh TV company. You can see some pictures of Gareth here.

4th March Montreal Jazzfest
Following his highly successful Canadian tour last year, Gareth will be returning to Canada to play three shows at the prestigous Montreal JazzFest, June 27th to 29th 2008. Visit the official website for further information on all the great shows on offer this year, or download the press release in Adobe Acrobat format from here

25th December Newletter
Okay, so I don't know about you, but this year has certainly flown by for me. I've been playing in various folk festivals, and been playing with some of the best acoustic guitar players in the World like, Jan Akkerman, John Renbourn, John Goldie, Bob Evans, Clive (Merry Christmas) Carroll and Tony Enamel (the greatest sitar player from Austria). But I've mainly been playing my own solo concerts which have been a great learning curve for me.

Like many musicians, it's my dream to travel the world and play music for people, and I got to do so in Canada, Finland, Holland and Ireland. And to show my maturity, I've developed a taste for red wine which I tend to have a glass, I repeat, one glass after every show!

Next years looking pretty darn good too! I'll be supporting Mr Andy (most successful guitar player on YouTube) McKee on his UK tour. I didn't get to catch Andy's shows while he was over here in November/December but I heard through the grapevine that he's got a couple of nice licks, and I'm planning on stealing both of them'!!!

I'll also be joining Jan Akkerman and John Renbourn again on a few occasions, so that shall be great also. Keep an eye on the upcoming concerts page on the website. While I'm at it, thanks go to Simon for doing a great job on the website.

Well, I thought I would end this year's news letter sending out my thoughts to Stephen Bennett and Tommy Emmanuel. These guys have been a huge influence on me and I hope they get well soon!!!

Love "ya" all and have yourself a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Gareth x

 23rd November More photographs of Gareth in action
There have been some new pictures posted of Gareth playing at the Trowbridge Festival earlier this year. Click here to see them.

18th November Gareth in Canada
Visit YouTube to see the recently posted video of Gareth playing at the Zaricot Cafe in Canada.

11th October Review of Gareth in the Isle of Man
Read this great review of Gareth's recent gig in the Isle of Man.

8th January UK tour pictures on-line
To see some pictures of Gareth's highly successful UK tour please visit this page. Meanwhile Gareth is working hard for his next tour in February in Ireland. See the concerts page or visit Gareth's MySpace for a full list of gigs.

15th December UK tour ends

Gareth and Tommy sharing guitars

1st December Gareth on MySpace
Gareth has started has own MySpace area. Visit www.myspace.com/garethpearson and become one of his friends!

23rd November Gareth's UK Tour.
Gareth's UK tour supporting Tommy Emmanuel, CGP begins at the 18th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain in Birkenhead. The tour runs until 14th December finishing at the Windsor Art Centre. Quite a few shows are now sold out with only a few seats remaining...

2nd November Gareth interviewed for Guitar Sessions.
Read the interview with Gareth in the latest edition of Guitar Sessions at www.guitarsessions.com

31st October Gareth releases first CD.
Gareth's first CD, Adrenalin Rush, will be available shortly on the Hard Road Recording label. His debut recording includes the following tunes - Blue Smoke, A Little Bit of Blue's as well as Gareth's own compositions Adrenalin Rush, Learnin' To Reed, Trails Of M & M's and Beauty Of Discipline.
To order the CD now, click on the link or on the Guitar CD's logo.

21st October Gareth in South Shields
Gareth had the opportunity to open for Stefan Grossman in South Shields.

15th October Gareth appears on S4C TV
Gareth was filmed playng Blue Smoke for broadcast on Uned 5 a Welsh language TV program for teenagers. As one of Gareth's goals in life is to introduce finger style guitar to other young people, this was great opportunity. It was also fun walking around Cardiff city centre with your own film crew... Click on any of the links below to see a close up of Gareth in action.

6th October Gareth plays Ullapool Guitar Festival

20th July Gareth to play UK national tour.
It has been announced today that Gareth will join Tommy Emmanuel for his UK national tour starting in November. For full details see the concerts page, or visit the Tommy Emmanuel web site.