Pierre Bensusan - Azwan '2020

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French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan,
surnamed “Mister DADGAD”, has taken his unique sound to all corners
of the globe.

Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album Encore, voted
Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader’s Poll,
winner of the Rose d’Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album,
Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century.

Born in Oran, French-Algeria, in 1957, when France was decolonizing its Empire,
Pierre Bensusans family moved to Paris when he was 4. He began formal studies on
piano at the age of 7 and at 11 taught himself guitar. Influenced in those early
days by the folk revival blooming in Britain, France and North America, Bensusan
began first to explore his own diverse musical heritage and then moved to the
horizons beyond. He signed his first recording contract at 17, and one year
later his first album, Près de Paris”, won the Grand Prix du Disque
upon his debut at the Montreux Festival in Switzerland.

Described by the L.A. Times as one of the most unique and brilliant acoustic
guitar veterans in the world music scene today, Pierres name became synonymous
with contemporary acoustic guitar genius, long before the terms New Age or World
Music were invented. He has literally created a style of playing with the
ability to make a single guitar sound like an entire band as he brings the
audience on a mesmerizing musical journey. And yet, Bensusan is more than what
any musician or music lover expects from a guitarist. He is a composer as well
as a bilingual and original and improvisational vocalist, with his own scat
technique.

Immortalised by the tune “Bensusan” written in tribute by the late
Michael Hedges, and referenced as an important inspiration to many other great
musicians, Pierre Bensusan is a one-of-a-kind artist whose music transcends
genre and time, with an uninhibited sense of musical freedom and expression, a
sense of something both playful and serious, otherworldly yet right here right
now. His manner of playing defies classification - crossing world, classical,
jazz, traditional, folk, pop and more. None can be isolated as simply
“World Music”, “Celtic”, Arabic or “French”;
rather, they represent Pierre’s genuine vocabulary and the best part of
our world in its current state, a world sharing itself. Not to be missed!

Tracklist:
01. Pierre Bensusan - Fils de la rose (3:47)
02. Pierre Bensusan - Optimystical (4:49)
03. Pierre Bensusan - Azwan (4:17)
04. Pierre Bensusan - Abeilles (5:02)
05. Pierre Bensusan - Balkangeles (5:24)
06. Pierre Bensusan - Return to Ireland (5:41)
07. Pierre Bensusan - Without You (5:07)
08. Pierre Bensusan - Wee Dander (4:07)
09. Pierre Bensusan - Dia Libre (4:14)
10. Pierre Bensusan - Portnoo (3:19)
11. Pierre Bensusan - Corps vaudou (4:22)
12. Pierre Bensusan - Manitowoc (4:51)

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