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SONNY BLACK
In concert he performs
a wide variety of exquisite and intimate fingerstyle acoustic and slide
guitar instrumentals with influences from Blues, World Music, Soul,
Country and Jazz.
His albums, including
“The Corner Seat” and latest release “The Best Of Days” on
Free Spirit Records, receive radio play on BBC Radio 2 and many
commercial stations throughout the UK and US. Numerous live sessions on
The Paul Jones and Johnnie Walker Shows help to reach a
wider audience.
Sonny's CD “Heart
and Soul” met with critical acclaim from US major publications
Living Blues and Blues Revue, and was made album of the year by the
UK's Blues In Britain magazine.
The readers of Blues
in Britain magazine voted Sonny Black guitarist of the year in 2002.
Sonny performs with
Chris Belshaw on bass and on occasion with fiddle player, drummer and
mandolinist.
Recent performances
have included The Brecon Jazz Festival (Wales), Bardies Blues Festival
(France), Farnham Blues Festival, Crawley Acoustic Festival and Swanage
Blues Festival as well as regular appearances at clubs and arts
centres.
Reviews:
“If the
blues is indeed a feeling, then Sonny Black's guitar conveys that
feeling better than most.”
Blues Revue-USA
"Heart
and Soul - the Blueprint album of the year"
Fran Leslie Editor
Blues In Britain Magazine
"An
outstanding artist."
Paul Jones, BBC Radio
2
“A Sonny
Black performance takes you from the Delta to the borders of jazz and
back again”
Blues On Stage
“A quiet
treasure…relaxed, uplifting almost spiritual” Blues Revue USA
"There is no one to
touch him in this country for wringing true emotion out of his
instrument. His technical mastery of acoustic and electric instruments
is complete...he possesses that quality that can only be called blues
soul." Blues In Britain
“One
of the most inspired, thinking guitarists in the UK”. Red Lick
Records
"Sonny got everybody
settled with an instrumental, a slide guitar conversation that caused
rapturous applause at the end” Blues in Britain/Farnham Festival
Review
“Ragtime, jazz standards, all sorts flowed effortlessly and the
enraptured crowd of 300 or so were so quiet you could have heard a
plectrum drop.”
Swanage Festival
Review
”Top drawer"
Time Out
“You could not have hoped for a better night of guitar roots and blues
tunes” Venue
Magazine
“…and if Sonny Black
is playing near you solo, duo or with a band, do yourself a favour, go
and see something very special” Phoenix FM
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