Reviews

Ian Shaw hosted a Charity Night for Side by Side Refugees at the 606 Club on Wednesday 4th May 2016. It featured Sarah Gillespie, Sarah-Jane Morris, Antonio Forcione and special guest Tanita Tikaram, plus Ian himself and guests Georgia Mancio and Tina May.

"The chemistry between Sarah and Antonio is something to behold. Alhough their partnership is of relatively recent vint....

Komedia Bath - 21 April, 2016

Have you ever been to one of those gigs where you barely know the artist but a friend really recommends that you should go? For me, that was the case with Antonio Focione at Komedia Bath last night. Before taking my place – seated at a table - among a busy crowd, I had managed to sneak in a couple of tracks on YouTube, so I already had some ba....

Italian acoustic guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione, described as "the Hendrix of the acoustic guitar", returns to Nottingham next week. “I learned English from a second hand TV” he tells Steve Haines...

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