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excerpt from an approximation of « Crazy » by Gnarls Barkley. recorded in july 2018.
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21st May 2015 at Union Chapel, London N1 (Lau gig).
The Guitar was developed across Europe from the 12th century onwards. They usually have six strings. Their vibration is transmitted to the body of the Guitar via a sound board. Air inside the body vibrates and increases the sound.
Archtop guitars as the name suggests have an arched top, based on the design of a violin. They usually have two f holes. They were originally desined to enhance volume, being particularly popular wyih Jazz musicians.
The instrument in the photo is a 5th Avenue guitar made by the Canadian Godin company. This “’50s style” acoustic Archtop was introduced in 2008.
Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel Sachs classification of musical instruments indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
"Rompo el silencio" es una de esas canciones que podría decir que están en el TOP 5 entre el mogollón de temazos que tiene este artista.
La primera noche la interpreto, como tantas otras veces, invitando al escenario al Maestro Pablo Perea. La segunda noche, que es la de la imagen la compartió con su mosquetero Pau, para deleite y disfrute de todos los que allí estábamos.
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Rafa alabando a uno de los dos guitarristas que le acompañaban en la noche. Pablo Padilla. Me sumo a la alabanza.
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part of an arrangement in progress of Stevie Wonder's « Isn't She Lovely ». recorded in july 2018.
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18th December 2015 at Royal Festival Hall (Clore Ballroom), London SE1.
Part of Winter at Southbank Centre [usually called Winter Festival] / A World in London Live / Friday Lunch (free event).
Country: Bulgaria (British resident). Style: Balkan / Rock.
Lineup: Viktor Mastoridis (v/g/bouzouki), Nikolay Baldaranov (g/bouzouki), Rob Stutterheim (p/piano accordion). Nikolay Angarev (bass g), Andy Dewar (cajón/darbuka/percussion).
Viktor Mastoridis born in Thessalonica, Greece, and brought up in Skopje, {FYR) Macedonia. This band combines his love of Western Rock (Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Rolling Stones, etc.) with Balkan rhythms (11/8. 9/8. 5/8, etc.). As well as his own compositions the set includes Balkanised versions of "Let's Stick Together" and "Paint it Black".
In this photo: Baldaranov plays a Godin xtSA guitar.
More information: valkania.com/, www.facebook.com/ValkaniaBand/.
part of an arrangement in progress. this is a special one-off (i hope) summer version that starts on a Ab/Bb and ends on a bee. recorded in july 2019.
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22nd November 2014 at Barbican (Foyer), London EC2.
London Jazz Festival (free event), www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk/.
Country: Netherlands. Style: Jazz - Modern.
Lineup: Monica Akihary (v/g), Niels Brouwer (g/harp guitar), Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Marcos Baggiani (d).
Monica Akihary and Niels Brouwer have performed together as Boi Akih since 1996. Their musical influences include music from Moluccas, Sunda, Bali, India and Africa (Akihary is of Maluku descent) as well as Jazz and Improv. I photographed Baggiani with his own group at the first Trans-Europa event the previous weekend, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157648956491930/.
In this photo: Alinary plays a Simon & Patrick guitar (made by the Canadian company Godin).
More information: www.boiakih.com/.
part of an arrangement in progress of « Close To You » by Burt Bacharach / The Carpenters. recorded in july 2018.
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Just arrived: a beautiful, unique instrument- oud/guitar hybrid. Love this! Thank u @godin_guitars
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9 Comments on Instagram:
dannyhennessy: Nice!!!
alexskolnick: Set up in standard, other tunings will be fun. Full info: www.godinguitars.com/godininukambiancep.htm
zachsb: Beautiful
ahamz71: Nice instrument. Something we dont see everyday. Chuckbilly gonna faint if u play "over the wall" with that thing. Good post
mattmh1: Nice!
georgesabifadel: @alexskolnick Will you record a video playing it? I want to hear u play the oud
metalwinkle: !@alexskolnick. Hey do you know what would be funny if you play that at testament concert .
alexskolnick: To be used for upcoming acoustic/world project, Planetary Coalition
Con esa banda y todo el mundo dándolo todo sobre el escenario solo puedes apretar los dientes y dejarte llevar. Qué gran noche!!!
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developing an arrangement of the timeless classic « Hymne à l'amour » by Édith Piaf and Marguerite Monnot. recorded in july 2018.
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21st May 2015 at Union Chapel, London N1.
Country: Britain - Scotland. Style: Contemporary Folk / Electronica.
Lineup: Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle), Martin Green (piano accordion/keyboard/sporkatron), Kris Drever (v/g) with the : Emma Smith (violin), Jennymay Logan (violin), Nic Pendlebury (viola), Laura Moody (cello).
Lau consists of Kris Drever (from Orkney), Aidan O’Rourke (from Oban in Argyll) and Martin Green (from East Anglia). Leaving aside short Celtic Connections Festival Club sets, I have seen Lau five times before. These were all a while ago (between August 2006 and May 2009), and they have changed a lot since then. The band has always added other influences (Rock, Classical, Jazz) to Folk, but in recent years they have taken large steps in the direction of Electronica. The final part of the gig featured the Elysian Quartet who joined Lau for a PRS for Music Foundation New Music Biennial commission. For the Quartet Nic Pendlebury replaced the recently deceased Vincent Sipprell. I took photos of Lau at the Celtic Connections Festival Club in 2011 (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157625811547273/) and the Elysian Quartet with Maya Youssef at the Celebrating Sanctuary Festival in 2012 (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157630403360986/).
In this photo: Drever plays a Godin 5th Avenue Archtop guitar.
More information: www.lau-music.co.uk/, www.facebook.com/pages/Lau/112015035498101/.
This guitar is one of many that has been seized by UK customs on the grounds that it uses unlicensed rosewood, in this case for the guitar's fingerboard. (I am not sure which species of rosewood this is; Brazilian rosewood is banned outright unless it's fallen trees or old stock, but most guitar makers use Indian or other species. Godin is not a high-end brand, so I wonder if this belonged to a private owner who simply did not have the necessary paperwork, or was part of a larger batch that used wood from illegally felled trees.)
developing an arrangement of Pink's « Just Give Me A Reason ». recorded in may 2018.
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classic brit synth-pop on guitar, a work in progress. recorded in july 2018.
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21st October 2016 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1 (Namlo gig).
The Acoustic Electric (or Electro Acoustic) Guitar is an acoustic guitar fitted with a magnetic pickup, a piezoelectric pickup or a microphone.
The instrument in the photo is a Godon Multiac. Robert Godin started making guitars in Quebec in 1972, originally under the name Norman. After a split with a partner he formed LaSiDo Inc in 1978. Godin is the best known of many names used by the company. In 1987 he launced the predessor to the Multiac - the Acousticaster (a thinline Telecaster-shaped electro-acoustic guitar) The Multiac arrived in 1994 with a revised shape and on-board electronics and synth access. There are currently a bewildering variety of different models of this guitar.
Acoustic Electric Guitars are assigned the number 321.322-5 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
3 = Chordophone. Instruments where the sound is primarily produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.
32 = Composite Chordophone. Acoustic and electro acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, and solid body electric chordophones.
321 = Lutes. Instruments where the plane of the strings runs parallel with the resonators surface.
321.3 = Handle Lutes. Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle.
321.32 = Necked Lutes. Instrument in which the handle is attached to, or carved from, the resonator, like a neck
321.322 = Necked Box Lutes. Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood.
321.322-5 = Instruments where the strings are vibrated by bare hands and fingers.
17th April 2018 at the Slaughtered Lamb, London EC1.
Folk and Roots, folkandroots.co.uk/.
Country: Britain (including Scotland). Style: Traditional Scottish Folk.
Lineup: Ross Couper (fiddle), Tom Oakes (g/flute).
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes from Shetland and Devon met on the Folk & Tradirional Music degree course at Newcastle University in the early 2000s. I have seen Oakes only once before with Rua Macmillan: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/tomoakes,ruamacmil.... But Couper has been part of several groups I have seen, starting with Bodega and Park Bench Social Club a decade ago. More recently I have photographed him with the Peatbogs Faeries and as a substitute or guest with other lineups: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/rosscouper,-rossco....
More information: www.rossandtom.com/, www.facebook.com/rossandtom.
9th July 2014 at the Gherkin, London EC3.
City of London Festival (free event), www.colf.org/.
Country: Spain (British resident). Style: Rock / Ska / Traditional Italian & Spanish fusion.
Lineup: Francesco “Blue Bird” Filizzola (v), Andres Garcia (g), Gianni Boscarino (keyboard), Costa Tancredi (bass g), Ayoze de Alejandro Lopez (percussion).
This group of London-based Italian and Spanish musicians (their name is a combination of that of Cristoforo Colombo and loco or crazy) has been described as a fusion of “Ska, Tarantella, Tango, Reggae, Jazz, Pizzica, Swing, Rumba, Opera, etc, etc.”
In this photo: Garcia plays a Godin Multiac guitar.
More information: www.colomboloco.com/, www.facebook.com/colomboloco.
9th July 2014 at the Gherkin, London EC3.
City of London Festival (free event), www.colf.org/.
Country: Spain (British resident). Style: Rock / Ska / Traditional Italian & Spanish fusion.
Lineup: Francesco “Blue Bird” Filizzola (v), Andres Garcia (g), Gianni Boscarino (keyboard), Costa Tancredi (bass g), Ayoze de Alejandro Lopez (percussion).
This group of London-based Italian and Spanish musicians (their name is a combination of that of Cristoforo Colombo and loco or crazy) has been described as a fusion of “Ska, Tarantella, Tango, Reggae, Jazz, Pizzica, Swing, Rumba, Opera, etc, etc.”
In this photo: Garcia plays a Godin Multiac guitar.
More information: www.colomboloco.com/, www.facebook.com/colomboloco.
recorded in August 2017 while rehearsing instrumental covers at Place de l'Université-du-Québec in Québec City.
arrangement for solo guitar by yours truly.
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This guitar is one of many that has been seized by UK customs on the grounds that it uses unlicensed rosewood, in this case for the guitar's fingerboard. (I am not sure which species of rosewood this is; Brazilian rosewood is banned outright unless it's fallen trees or old stock, but most guitar makers use Indian or other species. Godin is not a high-end brand, so I wonder if this belonged to a private owner who simply did not have the necessary paperwork, or was part of a larger batch that used wood from illegally felled trees.)
19th March 2018 at Green Note, London NW1.
Folk and Roots / Folk on Monday, folkandroots.co.uk/.
Country: Britain - Scotland. Style: Traditional Scottish Folk.
Lineup: Owen Sinclair (v/g), Robbie Greig (fiddle), Becca Skeoch (clarsach), Joseph Peach (piano accordion).
Tannara came together in 2014 (Robbie Greig has since replaced Cameron Ross on fiddle). Glasgow based, the band members come from Orkney, Edinburgh, Fort Augustus (Inverness shire) and Achiltibuie (Ross and Cromarty).
In this photo: Sinclair plays a Godin 5th Avenue Archtop guitar.
More information: tannaramusic.com/, www.facebook.com/tannaramusic.
Rafa durante la prueba de sonido. Frente a una sala vacía que en unas horas se llenaría para disfrutar de una noche inolvidable.
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30th May 2017 at the Slaughtered Lamb, London EC1.
Country: United States - Texas. Style: Americana.
Lineup: Darden Smith (v/g).
Darden Smith was brought up in Brenham, TX. (in the centre east of the state) and the Houston suburbs, and now lives in Austin. He has released a series of albums since 1986. In recent years he has focused on songwriting with others, including military veterans.
In this photo: Smith plays a Godin Guitar.
More information: www.dardensmith.com/, www.facebook.com/dardensmith.
4th August 2016 at Ham Marquee, Sidmouth.
Sidmouth Folk Week.
Country: Italy. Style: Traditional Italian & other styles.
Lineup: Riccardo Tesi (diatonic accordion/tamburello), Maurizio Geri (v/g/percussion), Claudio Carboni (soprano sax/alto sax), Gigi Biolcati (percussion/v).
Riccardo Tesi founded Banditalia in 1992, and apart from changes to the percussionist the lineup has remained stable. Their music is largely composed by Tesi but incorporates tradtional styles, but also Jazz and sounds from countries around the world. The main local influence is Tuscan (both Tesi and Geri are from Pistoia in Tuscany). Carboni is from Emilia-Romagna (Bologna) and Biolcati from Piedmont (Santhià). I saw Banditalia in 2007 in Brussels (see www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157626254826974/), and Biolcati in 2008 with the pan-European band Evening Star.
In this photo: Geri plays a Godin Multiac Guitar.
More information: www.riccardotesi.com/index.php?s=homepage_eng.
28th August 2016 at Horniman Museum (Bandstand), London SE23.
Part of Festival of Brasil (free event).
Country: Brazil (British resident). Style: North East Brazilian styles (e.g. Maracatu, Ciranda, Coco-de-Roda, Baião, and Forró).
Line Up: Alba Cabral (v/zabumba/pandeiro/ganzá/triangulo), Aluá Nascimento (v/zabumba/alfaia/caixa/pandeiro/berimbau), Rudy Rocha (flute/piccolo/tamborim/ganzá/v), Fernando Machado (g/cavaquinho/conga/alfaia/triangulo/v).
All four member of this group are from São Paulo. Alba Cabral and Aluá Nascimento have been members since the beginning. Rudy Rocha and Fernando Machado arrived more recently to replace two others who returned to Brazil. Cabral and Machado were part of another group, Tonzee, who performed earlier at this festival, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157673596339795/. I have also photographed Alba Cabral and Aluá Nascimento with Umpatacum and together in a duo, plus the latter with Trio Yerba Zaina. See: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/albacabral,-tonzee... and www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/alu%c3%a1nasciment....
In this photo: Machado plays a Godin Multiac Guitar.
More information: www.facebook.com/pedejurema/.
El ultimo invitado de la noche sería Tony Hernando. Menudo torbellino!!!
Aún estando en la prueba de sonido desbordaba actitud por los cuatro costados.
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Fondée par Robert Godin en 1972 à La Patrie, au pied du mont Mégantic, dans les Cantons de l'Est, l'entreprise familiale est un joueur important dans le marché de la guitare en Amérique du Nord et même ailleurs dans le monde. Robert Godin a commencé en fabriquant une à une ses guitares, dans un petit atelier de La Patrie. L'entreprise est encore bien installée à La Patrie, où sont fabriqués les caisses et les manches qui sont ensuite assemblés dans les usines de Richmond et de Berlin au New Hampshire.
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/764745/guitares-godin-image-...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1033357/des-guitares-fabriqu...
musiquedepot.ca/la-patrie-concert-cutaway-classical-guita...
Guitabec, dont le siège social est situé à Baie-d’Urfé, fabrique des guitares Godin, Norman, Seagull et Simon & Patrick dans cinq usines au Québec (La Patrie, Princeville et Richmond). Des instruments qui se sont retrouvés entre les mains de clients comme Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters, David Gilmore, Billy Idol, le guitariste et le bassiste de Metallica, Al di Meola, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen, Kenny Rogers, Gilles Valiquette, Patrick Norman et les musiciens des groupes Harmonium et Beau Dommage, etc.
Les frères Patrick et Simon Godin sont copropriétaires de Guitabec. «Il y a 275 étapes de fabrication pour une guitare acoustique. La moitié moins pour une guitare électrique. On vend dans 100 pays.»
C’est en 1972, à La Patrie que Robert Godin s’associe avec Normand Boucher, un fabricant de portes et fenêtres, que l’aventure de Guitabec débute. La marque Norman fait partie de l'histoire et du patrimoine de l'entreprise depuis le tout début. En fait, c'était la première gamme de guitares fondée en 1972 par Robert Godin.
Ce dernier fabriqua chaque guitare une à une dans son petit atelier près de Lac-Mégantic, pour ensuite partir à la recherche d’acheteurs en Ontario, en Nouvelle-Angleterre et en Europe avec ses quelques guitares et après revenir en fabriquer de nouvelles.
Avec maintenant plus de 700 employés, une production de plus de 200 000 guitares par année, vendues dans 97 pays et 450 modèles différents. Passant de la guitare acoustique à l’électrique par la mandoline, l'oud, le ukulélé et les basses. Elles sont fabriquées de A à Z par la compagnie, commençant directement du morceau du bois qu’ils font sécher pendant 2 ans, jusqu’à l’assemblage de toutes les pièces en passant par le planage, le découpage et la peinture.
Pendant que l’homme qui a donné son nom à ses guitares transmet son savoir aux étudiants à la célèbre école de musique américaine, le Berklee College of Music à Boston tout en donnant des conférences à travers le monde, l’entreprise familiale est maintenant reprise par ses deux fils. Simon Godin, chargé du design et Patrick Godin, qui quant à lui s’occupe des ventes à l’international.
www.letincelle.qc.ca/actualites/economie/377594/guitabec-...
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/2021-08-30/sur-la-ro...
Le propriétaire et fondateur Robert Godin, dont les guitares portent son nom, a célébré les cinquante ans du début de sa grande aventure. Pour souligner l’évènement, les Éditions de l’Homme publient la biographie de celui qui révolutionnait la conception de la guitare en Amérique du Nord.
« Nous avons créé un modèle spécialement pour le bassiste de Metallica. Le guitariste du groupe fait aussi des affaires avec nous. Les musiciens nous guident sur ce qu’ils aimeraient avoir comme instrument. Nous voyons alors ce qui est réalisable incluant la technique de fabrication.»
La majorité des artisans employés chez Godin sont des femmes.
Véritable emblème national, les guitares Godin ont su se tailler une place de marque dans leur cœur de milliers de musiciens partout dans le monde.
www.latribune.ca/affaires/le-fondateur-des-guitares-godin...
Guitares Godin s'est imposé au fil des ans comme le plus important manufacturier de guitares en Amérique du Nord, avec plus de 450 modèles différents. Aujourd'hui, Guitares Godin fabrique annuellement plus de 200 000 guitares dans ses six usines de La Patrie (avec trois sites de production), Princeville, Richmond et Berlin, au New Hampshire. Le savoir-faire de Guitares Godin est aussi reconnu par les grands acteurs mondiaux tels que Gibson ou Fender, qui donnent des mandats de sous-traitance au groupe québécois.
« C'est nous qui fabriquions toutes les guitares Gibson SG et on a produit beaucoup de composantes pour Fender. On assemblait la totalité de la production de guitares électriques Kramer. Ils n'ont jamais eu d'usine, c'est nous seuls qui faisions la fabrication de toutes leurs guitares. »
Plus de 5 000 magasins de musique offrent les différentes gammes de Guitares Godin.
www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/jean-philippe-decarie/2...
www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/04/08/lhomme-aux-200000-gu...
www.normanguitars.com/guitars_fr.html
www.artandlutherieguitars.com/
www.guitare.org/les-boutiques-guitare/guitare-la-patrie.html
4th August (afternoon) 2019 at Bedford Hotel, Sidmouth.
Sidmouth Folk Festival (previously called Sidmouth Folk Week).
Country: Britain. Style: Traditional Scottish Folk & other styles.
Lineup: Tom Oakes (g/flute), Jon Bews (fiddle), Daniel Thorpe (fiddle),
Formed in 2016 thus band consists of Tom Oakes (fromTotnes in Devon and nowliving in Leith), Jon Bews (from Edinburgh) and Daniel Thorpe (from Inverurie in Aberdeenshire). Thorpe was was BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2010. In the past I have photographed Oakes in his duo with Ross Couper and also with Rua Macmillan (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/tomoakes,-obt/) and Thorpe with Malinky (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/danielthorpe,-obt/). I did see Bews with Malinky 2005, but these were my first photos.
In this photo: Oates plays a Godin guitar.
More information: www.tomoakesmusic.co.uk/obt.html, www.facebook.com/thisisobt/.
21st October 2016 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1.
Part of SOAS Concert Series (free event).
Country: Nepal (British resident). Style: Traditional Nepalese / Fusion.
Lineup: Ganga Thapa (v/g/tungna), Shreya Rai (v/ukuele), Tim Wall (clarinet/bamboo flute), Biswo Shahi (g), Robyn Hemmings (b), Santa PawanThapa (dhimay/khin), Derek Richards (calabash/udu/etc).
This band was formed in 2014 as Cross Cultural Global Music. It is led by Ganga Thapa who studied ethnomusicology at SOAS. The only one of the musicians I have photographed before is Robyn Hemmings with the Yaz Fentazi Quartet, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157667499849530/.
In this photo: Ganga Thapa plays a Godin Multiac Guitar.
More information: www.namloband.com/, www.facebook.com/Namloband/.
La parte de atrás donde se guardan y cuidan las niñas bonitas.
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7th August 2016 at Horniman Museum (Bandstand), London SE23.
Part of Festival of Brasil (free event).
Country:Brazil (Briish resident). Style: Novo-Tropicalia & Samba & other styles / Fusion.
Line Up: Fernando Machado (v/g), Alba Cabral (v/pandeiro/conga/caxixi/cowbell), Enrique Galassi (b), Will Roberts (d).
A London based band, half of whose members are from Brazil. In the past I have photographed Alba Cabral with Umpatacum and a duo with Aluá Nascimento (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/albacabral/) and Enrique Galassi with the London Tango Orchestra and Tango 3 (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/enriquegalassi/).
In this photo: Machado plays a Godin Multiac Guitar.
More information: www.fernando-machado.com/tonzee, www.facebook.com/tonzeebanduk/.
4th August 2016 at Ham Marquee, Sidmouth.
Sidmouth Folk Week.
Country: Italy. Style: Traditional Italian & other styles.
Lineup: Riccardo Tesi (diatonic accordion/tamburello), Maurizio Geri (v/g/percussion), Claudio Carboni (soprano sax/alto sax), Gigi Biolcati (percussion/v).
Riccardo Tesi founded Banditalia in 1992, and apart from changes to the percussionist the lineup has remained stable. Their music is largely composed by Tesi but incorporates tradtional styles, but also Jazz and sounds from countries around the world. The main local influence is Tuscan (both Tesi and Geri are from Pistoia in Tuscany). Carboni is from Emilia-Romagna (Bologna) and Biolcati from Piedmont (Santhià). I saw Banditalia in 2007 in Brussels (see www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157626254826974/), and Biolcati in 2008 with the pan-European band Evening Star.
In this photo: Geri plays a Godin Multiac Guitar.
More information: www.riccardotesi.com/index.php?s=homepage_eng.
20th (or rather early hours of 21st) January 2019 at the Art School, Glasgow.
Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.
Country: Britain. Style: Traditional Scottish Folk.
Lineup: Ross Couper (fiddle), Tom Oakes (g), Calum McIntyre (d).
I took photos of this duo last year in London (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157670489122468/). Here they performed with a drummer.
In this photo: Oates plays a Godin guitar.
More information: www.rossandtom.com/, www.facebook.com/rossandtom.