Ray Montford, the virtuoso guitarist and Canada's own aficionado of the 6 string, has done just that and done it with great style, grace, and conviction.

His 11 track and sixth studio album Vintage Is Now is as beautiful a collection of guitar lead compositions as it is raw and uninhibited. Picture a journey on a magic carpet ride over a turbulent and roaring sea while laying on pillows of silk and down, flying through the white capped waves. Opium dreams you say? Montford knows exactly how to evoke these grandiose visions with his flawless playing and keep you in a state of unencumbered sensory bliss the whole way through.

Could Ray Montford be Canada's own Jeff Beck? With this gift of an album where so many emotions are touched on throughout, one has to think he may just be carving out his own path as a guitarist and letting his playing do the talking. Perhaps no one could ever fill the shoes of the guitar gods of the past but it doesn't seem that Ray has set out to achieve this shadow goal. His playing is unique, honest, and still enthusiastic which is rare these days as instrumentals go. His love for the guitar shines through the music which in essence keeps you, as the listener, so connected to his playing. Ray's songs become the canvas of ones imagination and boldly paint a vision where voice and lyrics have no place over the roar of one man and his guitar.

1. What If
2. Shine On
3. Life Rocks
4. No One Like You
5. Make a Wish
6. Havana
7. Big as the Moon
8. One More Sleep
9. Secret Place
10. Summer Ride
11. Change the Past

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 02/22/2015
Ray Montford lives in Toronto Canada

Tagged as: Alt Rock, Other, Blues, Instrumental Rock, Electric Guitar

1. Malevolence by Sophia Marie: bad ass bass with soaring femme fatale vocals
2. Post-Folkology by Conway Hambone: Multi-genre instrumental and vocal conquests made with love and fuzz
3. demonstrate (from where to Now - volume 2) by in giro: defiantly homemade pop rock music
4. Off the Rails by The Old Recruits: a new take on old funk
5. Shadow by Russ Hopkins: an introspective mix of acoustic guitar based songs
6. Hands Up by Nigel Martin: quality guitar driven instrumental music
7. From The Ground Up by Robin Grey: gently experimental nu-folk
8. First Impressions by Emma Wallace: angst-free modern ragtime
9. A Broken Beast by William Brooks: Entrancing and Ruggedly Individualistic, Earthy and Ethereal Songs
10. Restiveness by Icicle: He Who Sings Thinks No Evil
11. Forever Once Already by Broken Poets: indie rock when lyrics were king
12. The Mardom Movement by Maneli Jamal: east through to west acoustic guitar
13. The Indigo EP by Liquid Rainbow: a melting pot of classic, pop and rock sounds with modern-dub influences
14. It's Only Tuesday by Tom Paul: Roots rock meets contemporary folk
15. The First Gate by Eight Gates: charming folk pop/rock with a hint of electronica opening the gates to the land of the fairies
16. Wonderland by Cary Kanno: Uptempo, happy, banjo-driven acoustic folk pop
17. Bless this House by Castle Pines: easy-to-listen-to pop rock with a fresh attitude
18. Hypersurface by Daniel Knowler: organic, atmospheric acoustic-guitar textures
19. There Was Lightning by Trevor and the Joneses: punk, alternative and garage hard rock for some serious headbanging
20. Lip Lick by Weartists: hard energy and punky rock'n'roll

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