Neil Dixon Smith Music

Neil Dixon Smith Music

I'm a guitarist living in Chicago. I specialize in the solo guitar traditions of Latin America perfo

29/01/2024

First of two new performance videos for 2024, this is one of my personal favorites, Alfonso Chacón's arrangement of the milonga Los Ejes De Mi Carreta by Argentine giant Atahualpa Yupanqui.

10/10/2023

My Holiday Season dates at the Palmer House are now set! I hope you may come by for a little holiday cheer!

11/04/2023
11/04/2023

Behold my new bio video!
Videographer, Editing and Post Production - Neal Ostrovsky
Additional camera - Brian Kinyon

02/03/2023
Christina by NCAR 30/01/2022

I usually just post about my solo guitar stuff here, but here's some new original music I'm excited to share. NCAR was an ensemble put together by keyboardist Kendall Babl to record his compositions, we recorded a 4 song EP that's soon to be released on a cassette label (drop me a line if you want one). The whole EP is great, here's the opening track:

Christina by NCAR Composition by Kendall Martin BablKeys: KMBBass: Tim FloodGuitar: Neil Dixon SmithDrums: Chadwick Pratt

22/01/2022

The last and most exciting of my trifecta of new event promo videos, The Three Minute Cocktail Hour. I blaze through 12 classics of Latin American solo guitar, this was fun.

20/01/2022

The 2nd of my new series of videos promoting my services for events. Here we have me deep in romantic dinner music mode, 10 classics from all around Latin America (and one from Spain!).

04/01/2022

A new video promoting my services for weddings, a single-take no-edit performance of pieces of 10 classic wedding tunes. Enjoy!

Videos (show all)

First of two new performance videos for 2024, this is one of my personal favorites, Alfonso Chacón's arrangement of the ...
Neil Dixon Smith, a Guitarist in Chicago
The Three Minute Cocktail Hour by Neil Dixon Smith
The Three Minute Romantic Dinner by Neil Dixon Smith
The Three Minute Wedding by Neil Dixon Smith
A bit of raw footage from the show last night (Guarania into Gato y Malambo). Thank you all for coming out!
A little piece of El Coyita from my show at MayneStage this past Saturday. Thanks to Flint!
NDS Demo 2012