Tag: guitar
The Gloaming 2
Simply as an artist, simply as someone who is trying to move other people, what is it that you can do that no one else can do? Thomas Bartlett Since the emergence of The Gloaming as a collective in 2011, Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill…
Dawn Landes & Piers Faccini: Desert Songs
Even though UK-born and France-based folk singer Piers Faccini often describes himself as a solitary songwriter, the musician nevertheless seems to thrive on collaborations. Having partnered with Dom La Nena, Jenny Lysander, the BKO Quintet or with French cellist Vincent Segal on the wonderful Songs…
Metá Metá: Metal Metal
From São Paulo in Brazil, Metá Metá is a jazz fusion band formed in 2007 around the core trio of Juçara Marçal (vocals), Kiko Dinucci (guitar & vocals) [both of whom collaborated on the 2008 album Padê] and Thiago França (saxophone & flute). Released in…
Bruno Bavota: The Secret of the Sea
Italian modern classical composer Bruno Bavota is a “late bloomer” when it comes to music. “The attraction to music came “only” at the age of twenty” says the Neapolitan musician. Learning to play the guitar first, Bavota then switched to piano and released two solo piano…
Bombino: Nomad
Produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Tuareg musician Bombino’s third solo album Nomad (2013) is a testament to the constant cross-pollination taking place between modern African and Western music. Born in Niger in 1980, Omara “Bombino” Moctar discovers in the early 1990s the…
Bombino: Tar Hani
It was in 2008 while filming a documentary in Niger focusing on the Tuareg nomads of the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa that American film maker Ron Wyman first heard the music of Bombino on a car stereo. Our driver had one cassette –…
Youn Sun Nah: Momento magico
Drawing on an unconventional career path, Korean singer Youn Sun Nah is a unique voice in contemporary Jazz. Born in Seoul in 1969, she débuted her music career as a classical singer and only started delving into the Jazz repertoire when she moved to France…
Ulf Wakenius: Bretagne
A distinguished sideman who has already recorded and performed with some of the biggest names in Jazz music (Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Örsted Pedersen, Herbie Hancock or Pat Metheny amongst many others), Swedish born guitar player Ulf Wakenius is a highly expressive and soulful musician. Ever…