NEW ALBUM 'NYMPH SUITE & OTHER STORIES' AVAILABLE NOW
DEBUT ALBUM 'TO SLEEP (FAREWELL SONGS)' AVAILABLE NOW
My influences are very broad, but most certainly include Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Pierre Bensusan, Ralph Towner, Tommy Emmanuel, John Fahey, Django Reinhardt, Paco De Lucia, Gerardo Nunez, Paulo Bellinati, Isaac Albeniz, Makam, Kolinda, Talisman, Balogh Kalman, Taraf De Haidouks, Kali Jag, Ion Petre Stoican, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Slint, King Crimson, Tool, Alice In Chains, Helmet, Meshuggah, Blind Melon, early Smashing Pumpkins, Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Queen, Don Cabalero, Rumah Sakit, Bjork, James Orr Complex, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Nick Drake, Billy Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck, God Speed You Black Emperor, Steve Reich, Nick Bartch, Stefan Micus, Astor Piazzolla, music of the Gypsies from all around the world, dark cinema, lushious artwork, epic literature, science, philosophy, theology, the whole spectrum of human emotion and lifelong experience, the world and all it is surrounded by (sorry if i missed anything out).
Sounds Like
"...one of the UK's most exciting and versatile musicians." - Keith Ames, MU
"...an emerging acoustic instrumentalist with blazing technique, ensuring the fingerpicking tradition remains in safe hands." - Owen Bailey, Guitarist Magazine
"...a brilliantly talented young artist, with a broad palette of styles mixed seamlessly together on this album...anyone with an appreciation for the fusion of ideas should love ‘To Sleep’.” – Sam Wise, Acoustic Magazine
"...he'll be a name to know in the future if he keeps this up: remember you heard it here first!" - Guitar & Bass
" A breath of fresh air, indispensable..." - J.V, Guitarra Total
"Westwood is prodigiously talented and able to create musical landscapes that are abstract, yet always energetic." - Patrick Regains, Minor 7th
"...an astonishing acoustic guitar talent, Lee Westwood presents his very own approach to music. Lee surely impresses as a guitar player and composer, as well as with his new album 'To Sleep'. Check him out!" - Henk de Veldhuis, Bridge Guitar Reviews
"Thank goodness for Lee Westwood, whose 'To Sleep (Farewell Songs)' will have guitar players giving up in despair and the rest of us delighted.
Very rarely is technical wizardry on an instrument used to say something
that otherwise could not be said. Lee manages that and it's a pleasure to
hear. One man, an acoustic and (apparently) four hundred thousand
fingers." - Giles Duffy, Rocks Magazine
Born in January 1982, Lee Westwood is a composer and fingerstyle guitarist based in Brighton, UK. He writes music predominantly for solo guitar, but also for other instruments such as flute, cello and voice. His music draws influence from the worlds of Folk, Jazz and Classical, being very diverse, yet maintaining a sound particular to himself.
Lee has toured extensively around the UK and Spain over the last 4 years, also appearing on countless radio shows, and has opened for artists such as Waterson Carthy, Tim Van Eyken, Pierre Bensusan, Nick Harper, Gavin Moore, Joe West and Julian Dawson. Lee's compositions were also performed by award-winning guitarist Gerard Mapstone in Tyalgum Classical Music Festival, Australia.
On the release of his debut album 'To Sleep', Guitarist magazine published an interview with Lee Westwood (see Album Reviews Blog). Other articles include Guitar & Bass magazine, Guitarra Total, Acoustic magazine, Rocks magazine, and online review sites such as Minor 7th and Bridge Guitar Reviews. In 2006 Lee also appeared on Cuatrosfera, a Spanish national television program.
'To Sleep' (2006) is a solo guitar album featuring flute by Philippe Barnes, and artwork by Adam Oehlers (see top 24 friends).
'Nymph Suite & Other Stories (2008) is a departure from the first album, in that it explores Lee's ensemble works, and contains varying lineups for guitar, flute, violin, cello and double bass. The title suite is comprised of three pieces for flute and guitar, with accompanying artwork by Nom Kinnear King (see top 24 friends) and poetry by Goon.
A new solo album is underway, and is due to be released by the summer of 2009. Expect more music for solo guitar, and even some singing. Keep watching this site for more details.
Lee is available for performances, tuition and transcriptions. You can find music samples from this site or www.lee-westwood.com, both in audio format, and in notation/tablature. If it leaves you thirsty for more, pick up a copy of the new CD here (see BUY NOW button to left), or online at www.lee-westwood.com. All pieces are available in notation/tablature.
Aside of the guitar, Lee also plays percussion, hammered dulcimer and flute.
Choonz entered in an Irish Music Battle of the Bands!
Hi, Choonz have entered an Irish music battle of the Bands competition online Youtube Link
The winners get 5 nights playing at the Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas. This would obviously be quite nice. Seriously though, we would really love this opportunity and this would give us the publicity needed to start our career as a touring band.
WE NEED YOUR VOTE!! Please take the time to forward this to some people in your address book. Voting ends in a few days so please don't delay. It only takes a minute to register your vote! Anyway, enough grovelling from us. To vote for us Click Here and select Choonz.
Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website :
We can stay in contact on facebook now... Thanks for your support !
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
TWILIGHT FOLK CLUB PRESENTS as part of THE CANTERBURY FESTIVAL- the IVOR NOVELLO AWARD NOMINEES......... THE LEISURE SOCIETY LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB, SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH STARTS 1.00 PM TICKETS £12/£10 in advance.
Nick Hemmings band THE LEISURE SOCIETY, famously nominated for an Ivor Novello award this year for their song "THE LAST OF THE MELTING SNOW",will be playing live in Canterbury as part of the CANTERBURY FESTIVAL. The band are also on the same label as, and share members with THE SONS OF NOEL AND ADRIAN who were so well recieved at the club earlier this year-this will be a rare oppurtunity to catch this rapidly upcoming band in a small venue.....
In the words of the critics....
"Beautifully pastoral debut." MOJO **** "Wonderful" Observer Music Monthly **** "An autumnal mist of British Bank Holiday ennui surrounds Nick Hemming's literate meditations." The Times **** "Music to cuddle up to, music to clutch yourself to, music that is, as Jimmy Webb might say, necessary. This is a band that could well be the sound of 2009." Maverick Magazine **** "A lovingly crafted, tender folk record that will secure them as a named brand on the shelves of pop. The love affair begins." Ragged Words "Magical... shimmers with loveliness" Word Magazine "This is a record of extraord
TWILIGHT FOLK PRESENTS…. SHARRON KRAUS With support from Peter Delaney and C Joynes Live at Orange Street Music Club, Canterbury Weds October the 21st 8.00pm £5 in advance/£6 on door
“Sharron Kraus is a dark-folk gem. Listening to her high, clear voice cut through melodies woven from acoustic guitar, banjo and hurdy-gurdy, you may struggle to remember which late-'60s traditionalists beat her to the material.Here's one folklore expert whose originals feel both authentic and alive….Exquisite second album by this wonderful singer. She conjures up visions of Karen Dalton, Shirley Collins, Judy Dyble and even early Joni. Live she was fantastic too. ..this moves from traditional folk (in a Shirley Collins, Anne Briggs style) to her own songs and enchants all the way. An immaculate album from a major new singer.”
Peter Delaney lives in Limerick, Ireland. He comes from a folk music background and plays his own unique style, drawing on early Hawaiian folk songs and Alan Lomax field recordings as well as more contemporary musicians such as Joanna Newsom and Josephine Foster. Peter released his debut EP/Mini Album "Duck Egg Blue" in April 2007 to much acclaim.
Peter has played throughout the UK, Ireland and Norway and has shared the bill with A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Alasdair Roberts, Jozef van Wissem, Juana Molina and The Swell Season. www.myspace.com/peterdelaney
"English acoustic guitarist C Joynes uses traditional country-blues and early ragtime t
SoundCurious #1: listen & look : look & listen A weekend of enthralling activities in sound and moving image: Live scoring and zoetroping, puppets, OHP animation and more and more.
Performances from:
Hamilton Yarns Robert Stillman Bunty Weirding Vessel Collectress Sons of Noel and Adrian Charlie Henry The Grubby Mitts Vitamin B12 Same Actor Bela Emerson Viv
Oct 10th & 11th Workshops 1000 - 1200. Shows 1800 - late. Weekend £14, Day £8 Coachwerks. 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton. More info at www.soundcurious.org.uk
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TWILIGHT FOLK CLUB PRESENTS… CIRCULUS plus SYD ARTHUR LIVE AT ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB CANTERBURY
ORANGE STREET MUSIC CLUB (01227) 760801
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 8.00PM TICKETS £9/£8 IN ADVANCE CIRCULUS
‘British band Circulus have almost single handedly reinvented English Psychedelic Folk Rock for the 21st Century…..their sound is totally unique coming across like a mixture of medieval English Folk, Fairport Convention and Ozric Tentacles! ‘This band just leave you wanting more, playing a wonderful mix of psychedelicised folk whilst hankering to a more pastoral time, but always feel uncomfortably bang up to date. The songs are a fantastic mix of heady summer jigs & ballads, sung with a crystal clear Englishness that can make you come over all unnecessary. This is prog/folk spot on in every way, and probably the only band around who use a Crumhorn, Cittern & Rausch pfiffer????......the audience is sent home happy. Seeking medieval inspiration is not in itself new – Gryphon and Amazing Blondel spring to mind – but Circulus marry this with vintage 70’s space-rock a la Hawkwind/Gong’. Power to the Pixies! WATCH CIRCULUS HERE- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OavLPpPVw
SYD ARTHUR Syd Arthur are an exciting new band from the South East of the country, at the forefront of the young musical explorers whose unique sound has been making waves far beyond their native Canterbury. Their highly ec
Dear friends, I am playing a free gig at the beauteous Union Chapel, Islington this Saturday. The sunlight will be streaming through its vaulted windows as Blank Canvas and Arctic Circle present this gig during the blessed daylight hours of 12-2. And yea shall it's hallowed interior be filled with all manner of scraping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. Let us pray. And then let us go to the pub.
moulettes on 6 0 clock sharp no faffing this time!
plus: beautiful jewellery and charming garments for sale and mystery djs for a boogaloo moreover oats and beards latest publication and last den free cd! x x
hi lee, great to catch up tonight, your set was amazing as ever, hope you made the train connection... i've just got back... just managed to stay awake!!!
Ei qué pasa por aqui? Desde el 23 de mayo al 4 de junio, vamos a tener en nuestro mypsace lo que creemos que es la joyita de nuestro primer Ep, es el momento de escucharla celebrando los cumpleaños de Ricardo y de Kike. A ver cómo va lo cosa, se llama Hippie ;-) Y creemos que le da al myspace un ambientazo cumpleañero que es de lo que se trata no?
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