Pierre Bensusan to Play The King Arthur, Glastonbury on Fall Tour

Over the past 40+ years, French fingerstyle acoustic guitar virtuoso Pierre Bensusan has taken his unique blend of world, Celtic, jazz, Arabic and folk-inspired music to all corners of the globe. He returns to Glastonbury at The King Arthur onSunday November 6 on his his UK/Ireland fall tour.

Date: Sunday November 6 Time: 7:30pm

Where: The King Arthur Live Events | The King Arthur

Live Events | The King Arthur
31 - 33 BENEDICT ST, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, UK BA6 9NB

Tel : 01458 830338 - Plse call between midday and 6pm

Tickets: £10 - To reserve tickets, call the pub to be placed on the list, then tickets are to be paid for at the door..

Winner of the 2014 The Independent Music Awards in the Live Performance Album category for his triple live album "Encore", Bensusan is recognized as one of the great guitar players of the 21st century. Described as a 'genius' by the likes of Jon Gomm and Melody Maker, immortalized 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. At the Ards International Guitar Festival (Northern Ireland), Bensusan was presented the festival's "Lifetime Achievement Award". He is in good company with previous winners including Martin Taylor, Martin Simpson, John Renbourn and J*Davey Graham.

"How the guitar would want to sound if it could play itself" ... in Pierre's music there is an uninhibited sense of musical freedom and expression, a sense of something both playful and serious, otherworldly yet right here right now.

A true musical genre-bender, Pierre is equally at home on a folk or jazz stage. Here is a brand new video from his sound check at the The Iridium jazz club in New York City, in May 2016, improvising on his George Lowden Guitars Ltd signature model: https://youtu.be/D-qfwZ7_Rhc

"His dazzling fretboard work and equally compelling scat singing proved without a doubt that he was worthy of a slot at the 2016 Bridge Jazz Festival"
(Greg Haymes, Albany Times Union)

"With a rare elegance, Mr Bensusan measures every detail of tone, articulation and counterpoint." (NY Times)

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