Conor Moore

Conor Moore is a Miami-based instrumental guitarist working within and beyond the tradition of American Primitive guitar music. After years of playing guitar, studying jazz and moving between bands and styles, Moore found solo acoustic guitar to be the first format that felt open-ended enough to fully realise his own ideas.

"I always felt like there was something missing," he says of his debut. "This was the first kind of music that made me want to create something of my own."

Rather than treating American Primitive as a fixed sound, Moore sees it as a starting point. "It's more a way of thinking about composing music for solo acoustic guitar and drawing inspiration from an eclectic collection of influences." His approach focuses on creating pieces that feel complete and self-contained, while remaining open to experimentation and unexpected influences.

Much of Moore's early work was recorded in a friend's house, with the process deliberately kept simple and direct. "I think albums are pretty sacred things," he says. "I couldn't really live with myself any longer not having a record out."

His debut single, Olustee, was released in March 2025, offering an early glimpse of the material that would follow. Released shortly afterwards on Hollow Gesture Records, his debut album Chamber Music was written and recorded when Moore was 20, bringing together his earliest compositions and capturing what he describes as music that "could only have been made at this particular time", carrying a sense of juvenilia "for better or worse".

Since his debut, Moore's music has received airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music and WFMU, earning attention from listeners drawn to contemporary folk, experimental guitar music and artists working at the edges of established traditions.

His latest release, December, One Million, arrives via Hollow Gesture Records in October 2026. Written during a period of significant change following university graduation, the four-track EP finds Moore moving beyond the American Primitive influences of his earlier work. Built around classical guitar rather than steel-string acoustic, the release explores a broader range of textures and atmospheres while retaining the melodic sensibility at the heart of his music. Conceived during a period marked by relocation, uncertainty and preparation for his first tour, the EP captures a transitional moment in both Moore's life and artistic development.

Read the Q&A Conor did for Hollow Gesture Records here