Brian Rolland

Guitar / Contemporary Jazz / South & Central America / World Dance
Boston, MA

Guitarist-Composer-Performing Artist

Lush, vivid guitar music drawing on many traditions to create strikingly visual soundscapes that are usually acoustic, sometimes vocal, often with a band driven by  Latin and African percussion. 
Variously described as New World Jazz,  Gentle Jazz, or Acoustic Tropical, the music generally centers around virtuoso nylon string guitar. 

In 2006, 'Dreams of Brazil' spent 4 months on the New Age Reporter charts, zooming to #12, qualified for nomination as Best Instrumental Album-Acoustic, and was named one of the top 100  albums for the year. Worldwide airplay  continues in 2007/2008.

'The Tide's In', released late 2007/early 2008, is on the air at some 75 North American and an additional 90+ International radio stations as of April 2008.