| Franklin Moore Acoustic Guitarist |
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The music of Franklin Moore is a blend of rock, jazz, classical, blues, country, folk and world music played on a
steel-string guitar. Moore, who hails from Lewisville, NC, draws influences from acoustic guitarists
such as Leo Kottke and Preston Reed and electric guitarists such as Steve Morse and Yngwie Malmsteen.
Reviewers have described Moore's music as “stunningly well played,” “amazing arrangements that captivate the imagination,”
and “elemental music not to be overlooked.” He’s been called “a master at his instrument,” seamlessly combining fingerstyle,
two-handed tapping, power strumming, and single-note runs into an unconventional yet highly accessible approach that is as
exciting to watch as it is to hear.
Moore's debut CD, Motive Force, was released on the Iconocoustica label in April 2004. Since then, it has sold across the United States and in several European countries. Moore was recently interviewed and performed live at the FM radio station WGWG in Boiling Springs, NC which was broadcast worldwide via the Internet. Motive Force was the featured album of the week on the Mansion on the Hill Internet radio show from Springfield, VA, with his song "Nip-n-Tuck" becoming the number one rated song on the station. His gypsy-influenced song "Paprika to Taste" and his title track "Motive Force" have been featured on the Fret Net "Catch the Great Guitarists" radio show on FM 106.7 from Melbourne, Australia, and music from his CD was recently featured on "The Jeans Generation" radio show from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Moore was recently selected to open for U.S. Fingerstyle Champion Pat Kirtley at the 2005 Art of Sound Music Festival in Shelby, NC. Locally, Moore was featured in an October, 2004 edition of the Greensboro News and Record ‘s Go Triad entertainment weekly, was the Editor’s Pick for Winter 2004-05 by the Winston-Salem Journal’s Relish the Music online e-zine, and his CD received the Villager Voice magazine’s (Clemmons, NC) 2005 Artsy Award for Best Instrumental CD. Moore's greatest challenge is balancing the demands of his day job with composing and performing his music. Moore, who holds both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees, is currently a resident physician at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC. |