ERIC HANSEN
Genres: Pop, Art Song, Folk, Latin Jazz • United States

At a young age Eric had a fondness for Classical, Jazz, Flamenco music and Pop music.  Spending days listening to guitar giants like Carlos Montoya, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin,  John Williams and Alex Lifeson had an enormous affect on Eric’s sense of melody  throughout his early development. Eric began studying the guitar at age 14 and was  performing professionally with local rock groups by the age 16. Eric attended Florida  Atlantic University where he studied Classical and Jazz guitar. He was the first guitarist to  complete the Honors Performance Program at F.A.U. and graduated with academic honors  in 1996. During his time in college, Eric also studied Flamenco and Latin American music  with musicians from Spain and Peru.    In 2001 Eric began his solo career and landed his first distribution deal with Neurodisc  Records. Eric’s first two releases, Without Words and Romancero were included in  Billboard’s Top read more...