One of the most discerning and understated classical nylon string guitarists in the US today, Tom Salvatori is hardly a newcomer to the American independent guitar scene… carving out and tending to his own self-made corner of the music world since the mid-1990’s. In mid-2025 Salvatori released a newly recorded 4-track, 13-minute solo guitar EP called Lullaby For Jude, which conjures an immediate somber state of affairs as his original title track represents a sonic eulogy dedicated to a family member who lost her first-born son in childbirth.

Tom continues with a classical guitar adaptation, this time featuring “Gabriel’s With This Love”, a solo guitar cover of a track composed by Peter Gabriel for Martin Scorcese’s 1989 movie The Last Temptation of Christ.

After another wistful original piece that exudes more optimism and resilience, Tom dives deep into the somber theme of this EP to end it with “Grieg’s Suite No.1” from Peer Gynt, 2^nd Movement”. Originally composed by erstwhile legend Edvard Grieg in 1879, the 2^nd movement (aka Aase’s Death) is a string section dirge of sorts which Salvatori reimagines as a heartrending solo guitar lullaby.

If you go to tomsalvatori.com you can listen to and purchase much of his amazing music. It will be time well spent to catch up with one of America’s finest exponents of the nylon string classical guitar.