French guitarist pierre bensusan set to wow west michigan. View the epk electronic press kit for world music dadgad guitarist pierre bensusan. Check out encore live by pierre bensusan on amazon music. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Pierre bensusan guitarist spotlight one mans guitar. It is a delight to the ears, a salve to the soul, and a tribute to a fine musician who has given so much of himself. Aug 27, 2017 hedges recorded bensusan for pierre on his album aerial boundaries.
Encore live pierre bensusan to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. Pierre bensusan s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Oddly enough, even with nearcontinuous touring, hes still a cult commodity. Pierre bensusan is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist. Pierres fingerstyle bundle the official pierre bensusan. Pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years of dadgad with encore.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. They took the opportunity to have pierre demonstrate and discuss his lowden signature model guitar. Frances acoustic maestro pierre bensusan begins one week uk tour. Pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years of dadgad with encore encore, his new triple cd release, contains 35 tracks taken from concert recordings between 1974 and 20, including two fascinating duets with world renowned keyboard wizard jordan rudess dream theater, and several early years bluegrass recordings with banjo great bill keith.
Pierre bensusan has released five new sheet music pdf collections available via the acoustic virtuosos official website. Nov 15, 2010 pierre bensusan lalcimiste live at the national concert hall october 2014 duration. His diverse influences yield a sound and style that confounds classification and has thrilled and captivated audiences around the world. What better way to do that than to reintroduce the guitar i built for pierre in 1978. Oct 24, 20 pierre bensusan plays agadiramadan on old lady in 1993. Without a shadow of a doubt, pierre bensusan is a 24carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene. Specification of the pierre bensusan signature series guitar. As a relative newcomer to the repertoire of pierre bensusan, i had a lot of catching up to do. Over the years, his original 78 lowden became affectionately known as his old lady. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Listen free to pierre bensusan encore intro babillage, lalchimiste and more. Selections from the crossroads guitar festivals eric clapton. After making a name for himself as a folk musician in the late 70s, bensusan began to incorporate jazz and classical elements into hi.
Lowden pierre bensusan signature model demo by pierre last march, peghead nation caught up with pierre bensusan during a soundcheck at the 142 throckmorton theater in mill valley, california. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from pierre bensusan at the discogs marketplace. Lowden f50cx brazilian rosewood adirondack red spuce sound. The concert is this evening at the barn on the sotir farm, in phoenix, md. Id love a powertab or guitar pro if possible, but anything works.
As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco, and french algeria. Usa tour are being rebooked for 2021, it is hoped that the new releases can be supported by an extensive uk and irish concert tour this coming. Over the years since then pierre and i have worked very closely together and he has made many recordings with that first lowden guitar. Find pierre bensusan discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Pierre bensusan, world master acoustic guitar throckmorton. Oct 24, 20 bensusan and lowden are now working on a 40thanniversary signature model. Im frankly stunned that so many of the younger guitar players that i talk to these days have yet to discover bensusans work. Pierre bensusan, frances acoustic guitar master, presents. Welcome on the official fans page of world music guitarist pierre bensusan. Pierre bensusan encore live dagdad music mvd60494 one of the most highly respected acoustic guitarists around, pierre bunsusan rooted through his collection of live recordings over a span of several years to come up with this thirty five song career introspective that will no doubt be highly coveted by loyal fans as well. The frenchalgerian upstart, humbly launching a four decade career which would earn him worldwide.
Its like theres no boundary between the man and the instrument. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist. His music has been characterized as celtic, folk, world music, newage, and chamber jazz. Dont miss pierre bensusan contemporary world music and master fingerstyle guitarist on his 40th anniversary world tour. Since his first performance in 1974 at the age of 17, pierre bensusan has lived a good portion of his life on stage. Features photos, biography, press quotes, press releases, discography and everything else pr and media need to. Pierre bensusans encore retrospective receives high. Signature series pierre bensusan george is delighted to have worked with pierre designing this signature model, which is in many ways a celebration of a relationship which has remained for four decades. Bensusan tunes his guitar to dadgad, and has even named his publishing company for it. Pierre bensusan volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Pierre bensusan, broadly speaking, is a guitarist, singer and composer. Grossman discovered traditional music during his forays into manhattans greenwich village. Mar 10, 2016 welcome pierre bensusan one of our favorite performers, described by the l. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music.
Pierre bensusan interview nov2016 by domobyrne free. The event is to benefit the turnaround project, helping victims of human sex trafficking rebuild their lives. He played both acoustic and electroacoustic guitar, as well as adding his own bass and percussive accompaniment at times. But among a fairly small group of welltravelled troubadours that enjoy world acclaim, his mastery of the alternate tuning known as dadgad allows his audiences to hear music with an entirely different set of voicings, tones and harmonies than can be heard with the more conventional and widely used form of playing. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much more. Pierre bensusan tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including merrily kissed the quaker, the last pint, wu wei, 4 am, dame lombarde. Lowden pierre bensusan signature natural guitar village. After 40 years of live performances and recordings, pierre bensusan, world renowned as the mozart of guitar, is enjoying his latest round of exciting accolades for encore, an ambitious and. If world music is music that pays tribute to the spirit of a collection of human beings through distinct rhythms, traditional instruments and harmonic colors, frenchalgerian guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan can be recognized as one of the most eloquent and world musicians today.
Oct 12, 2009 pierre bensusans music is an absolute treasure, and i highly recommend it to anybody who is interested in folk music, world music or the acoustic guitar. This is the 40th anniversary tour for pierre and his finger style of guitar is. On thursday september 21, abbies concert series in portland oregon is excited to present frances acoustic guitar master pierre bensusan for a second concert his sept 22 show is already sold out. I think i own every cd by pierre bensusan that is available in the usa and i especially love his early work, but this latest release is so rich, so evolved, so mature. Pierre bensusan s signature set of wyres strings, string gauges. Performing exclusively in dadgad tuning, pierre was voted best world music guitarist. And, like a fine bordeaux wine from an outstanding vintage, his artistry has only increased in depth and complexity as he. Pierre bensusan listen and stream free music, albums, new.
Listen to your favorite songs from encore live by pierre bensusan now. Pierre bensusan in concert stefan grossmans guitar workshop. As anyone who has heard pierre bensusan live can attest, the french guitarist is among the worlds finest solo performers. His fingerprint is on it whether it is found in his earlier folk and celticbased renderings, his freeform improvisational material, or in settings, solo or ensemble. Pierre bensusan live at jammin java april 12, 07 youtube. Ignore the surreal new age cover painting with pierres leafy features peering quizzically from a treeintuite is a delightful album. Lowden pierre bensusan signature natural acoustic guitar. Pierre bensusan is an acoustic artist with few peers. In a career spanning four decades, acoustic virtuoso pierre bensusan has created some of the most enchanting guitar music ever heard, much of it in his beloved dadgad tuning. With our 40th anniversaries coinciding, pierre bensusan and i thought it would be an ideal time to reminisce. Encore, his threecd set of live recordings from the mid 70s to today, may cure that. After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live performances spanning his entire career and showcasing his risktaking, inthemoment style. Welcome to the official web site of frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan.
This guy is a wizard with the guitar and puts on one of the best performances ive ever seen. Though he never took formal guitar lessons, bensusan is among the worlds most highly. Both his new cd azwan and new book with music and tabs for it pierre bensusan guitar collection, may be purchased at pierres website. Winner of the independent music award, in the live performance album category for his latest triple live album encore 2014, rose dor of. If theres one thing that listening to pierre bensusans careerspanning live album, encore dadgad, makes clear, it is that he had already fully established himself as a singular voice in the world of acoustic guitar playing at the time of his earliest performances.
Times as one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic guitar veterans in the world music scene today. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music acoustic. Encore live, an album by pierre bensusan on spotify. Pierre bensusan has the ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the audience on a mesmerizing musical journey. Large images of the pierre bensusan signature series. He respects technique, of course, but regards it as necessary vocabulary and tools with which to find the the story in the music. World renowned frenchalgerian guitarist pierre bensusan was a regular visitor to the prism coffeehouse in its heyday on the corner of gordon avenue and rugby road in charlottesville between 1996 and 2006,sometimes playing a uniquetocharlottesville 2 night gig, once in english and once entirely in french. Wu wei tab by pierre bensusan acoustic guitar steel. After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live.
How the encore album came about back in 1974, pierre bensusan was cutting his teeth as a performer on the folk scene in paris and other cities in france when one of his idols, banjo great bill keith, offered him his first official paying gig ever touring western europe with his bluegrass band. This french guitarist was actually born in algeria and has long been fascinated with his north african roots as well as the celtic folk traditions of western europe. Buy pierre s cds, mp3s, instructional and live dvds, sheet music. Pierre bensusan epk electronic digital press kit pr. The entire collection of pieces from the album intuite in one downloadable pdf songbook. To become a dadgad specialist to the extent that bensusan has taken it would demand years of dedication, but you can hear in his. They sound wonderful, feel great under the fingers, allow for an extensive use of their sustain to work the touch, the tone and the history of the note and, the icing on the cake, they last a very long time. After a career in the national guard, the south dakota department of transportation and 12 years on the city commission, i became the chief service officer cso of my town of pierre, the capitol of south dakota in 2011, under the cities of service program. Called the mozart of guitar, pierre bensusan has won an independent music award in the live performance album category for his latest triple live album encore which has been hailed. His name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms new age, new acoustic music or world music were invented. After more than 3,000 concerts across the globe, pierre bensusan celebrates 40 years as a live performer with encore, a 3cd, 35track journey of live performances spanning his entire career and. How to play dadgad like pierre bensusan musicradar. Check out this album and my other alltime favorites, solilai and pierre bensusan 2. He has continued recording and performing ever since.
Worldclass guitarist pierre bensusan wows the altamont posted on may 16, 2012 may 16, 2012 by susan andrew lovers of highquality acoustic music, rejoice. As others have stated, pierre varies the way that he plays familiar songs so they become new in these recordings. If world music is music that pays tribute to the spirit. Difficult to pin down to a single style, bensusan has played steelstring fingerstyle guitar with peerless compositional depth, harmonic richness, and dynamic range for 40 years. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs mp3s. Note the fluid singlenote improvisation over the looped theme. Download the qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.
Algeria was still a french colony when pierre bensusan was born there in 1957. Bensusans name became synonymous with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms new age, new acoustic music, or world music were invented. Pierre bensusan plays his tribute to the late michael hedges, so long michael, on his lowden signature model. Pierre is now so adept at dadgad tuning that he has adopted it as an alternate standard tuning, basing his playing and composing style completely around it. Learn how to play guitar with free online guitar lessons by pierre bensusan at truefire. Due in 2014, the guitar will have lowdens original jumbo body slightly deeper than the current oshape, and with a more pronounced taper between the neck block and the neck joint, olderstyle parabolic bracing, and an optional bevel. Pierre bensusan listen to pierre bensusan on deezer. Wu wei guitar tab by pierre bensusan with free online tab player. Pierre bensusan did longer, more spirited numbers on this 1981 session, which was issued in america in 1993 by dadgad. Pierre bensusans 3cd retrospective collection encore. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service. Pierre bensusan s sound and style confounds classification. Learn how to play pierre bensusan songs for acoustic guitar online.
Pierre bensusan the first guitar i made for pierre was back in 1978 and that old lady battered and bruised but much loved and played still sings so beautifully today. He has published three books of music and tablature. Apr 11, 2014 join us for an evening of incredible music with guitar virtuoso pierre bensusan. Adirondack spruce top, honduras rosewood back and sides, 5pc maple fingerstyle neck, ebony fretboard, madagascar rosewood bridge, bookmatched ebony headstock overlay, gotoh goldebony 510 tuners. Its certainly playable as written, but it doesnt sound quite right.
Creating vividly february 19, 2011 after spending the past five years fighting the notes in his head, the acoustic jimi hendrix recently released his 10th studio album. Worldrenowned as the mozart of guitar for his 40plus years of live performances and criticallyacclaimed recordings, pierre bensusan has received. Five new sheet musictab collections available from pierre. Bensusan returned the favor following hedgess tragic death in an auto accident with so long michael.
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