From: Music Design / InReview Jan-March '09
By: Dan Cowan
Title: Portraits


Gabriel Ayala a member of Arizona's Yaqui people, is an artist on the
crest of a new trend in Native American music - Native artists
blending the music of their heritage with classical music. Well
trained in the art of the classical guitar and possessing a Masters of
Music Degree from the University of Arizona, Ayala is an artist who
likes to play his instrument with gusto. He moves from lightness to
aggression with deft smoothness, capturing the passion and grace that
intertwine in the music of great composers stand alongside composers
from South American and Spanish traditions, like Augustin Barrios
Mangore, Jose Vinas and Fernando Sor, providing a stimulating blend of
melodies that perfectly adapts to Ayala's elegant solo guitar.