21 October 2007 ~ 6 Comments

Impressive would be an understatement

Every so often I love to scour the web looking for new music from artists I’ve never heard of. Believe it or not I’m not always looking for metal either. Years ago I used to play a lot of acoustic and classical guitar, so naturally one of my loves is acoustic guitar. Today I stumbled onto one of the most impressive acoustic guitarists I’ve seen and heard in a long time by the name of Antoine Dufour of Canada. There are quite a few videos of him playing on Youtube. This one really blew me away. Check out the slap guitar technique towards the end. Freakin’ brilliant.

6 Responses to “Impressive would be an understatement”

  1. Christy 22 October 2007 at 8:58 am Permalink

    Very nice, really pretty sound and the end was really cool!
    He’s extremely talented:)

  2. Mike 24 October 2007 at 5:20 pm Permalink

    Talented indeed. This is the kind of thing that makes most guitarists want to burn their guitars and give up ;P

  3. Mark Antony 26 October 2007 at 1:45 pm Permalink

    Hi, very nice video. On youtube, check out Peo Kindgren, if you have not so far done so. He makes lovely tone colours in his playing, very easy on the ear.

    Two other guitarists you might like, in classical guitar, Karin Schaupp, and Simon Dinnigan. I recommend both very highly.

  4. Steve 26 October 2007 at 11:30 pm Permalink

    this guy has a new fan in me. fantastic.

  5. Aaron Cook 27 October 2007 at 1:32 am Permalink

    Dang, he’s good. I love his use of harmonics throughout the piece. So beautiful.

    Shine on,
    Aaron

  6. Bobby Revell 27 October 2007 at 2:20 am Permalink

    Nice piece! I’d like to hear more of his work! He has a Leo Kottke influence. I really like the way he smoothly integrated the right hand harp harmonics into moving lines without losing any continuity!

    Have you heard Jake Shimabukuro?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
    Most awesome ukulele player on Earth!


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