​Michael DeLalla’s artistry is informed by his classical training and his celebration of musical traditions found worldwide. His fluency on classical, 12-string, and steel-string acoustic guitar showcases gifted improvisation and dazzling technical facility that never sacrifices the richness and poignancy of his compositions.

He celebrates his multi-cultural musical habitats in a variety of settings, from a capella  kan e diskan in Breton Gaelic, to evocations of Japanese koto music and the North African o’ud, to tweaking the nose of the classical music world with his sly “Piece for Steel Drum (If I Played Steel Drum)” to his contemplative double homage to Benjamin Britten and Thelonious Monk (“Nocturnal Scenes ‘Round About Midnight”).