Food from the AKA Trio for Cardiff ears, hearts and minds, as well as, feet
Fri Nov 22 2019
Seen & Heard International
Food from the AKA Trio for Cardiff ears, hearts and minds, as well as, feet
An ensemble made up of acoustic guitar, kora and miscellaneous percussion may not be anything like as unimaginable as it would have been a few years ago, but it is far from familiar even now. Yet, given that each instrument was played by an acknowledged master – the guitar by Italian ....
IF YOU despair about the daily capitalist media hatchet job on Jeremy Corbyn you need Joy — it soothes while restoring faith in internationalism.
And prepare to be astonished. These free-flowing songs and instrumentals dazzle with a rich musical, almost monastic, minimalism where less actually does mean more.
The ebullient, combined virtuosity of Antonio Forcione (Italy) on gui....
Cool Cats - The Antonio Forcione Quartet At Ronnie Scotts
Sat Aug 25 2018
THERE are few individuals around today who can make an acoustic guitar sound like Antonio Forcione does.
Whether playing solo or with the gifted Sarah Jane Morris, his guitar never fails to mesmerise. He can make it sing or weep.
It can tug at your heart strings, make your spine tingle with joy or trigger a smile after a hard day’s work. Seventh heaven. Guitar nirva....
Antonio Forcione: Motown And Magic - To The Order Of St John
Mon Jun 18 2018
THERE can be few more humbling – and spiritually uplifting – venues in London to listen to music than the Priory Church of the Order of St John.
High ceilings, candelabras, colourful order banners and paintings of saints and sacrificial sheep, add to the spectacle as does an early stretcher used by St John Ambulance for those in need of rescuing. There is also a garden, co....
Antonio Forcione & Sarah Jane Morris Sunday, March 12th, 2017 Reviewer: Reg Webb ”NOT IN MY NAME", screamed Sarah Jane Morris, will live with me for a while.
Nothing in the rather bland JazzFM YouTube clip publicising this gig had prepared me for that. It could of course be really smart marketing to undersell your artists so that those who make it to the gi....
The highly acclaimed and very popular Chiswick based guitarist Antonio Forcione, has joined with the singer Sarah Jane Morris - who had a number one hit with the Communards in 1980 - to release a new album on October 26 entitled Compared To What.
Together they are touring all over the UK and Europe
Forcione is an artist in every sense of the word, haile....
From busking in London’s Covent Garden to playing on the world’s stage, Antonio Forcione takes a multicultural approach to playing acoustic guitar
When Antonio Forcione first came to the UK, he busked in Covent Garden, winning a Time Out busking competition in the process. Since then, he has become a fixture at the Edinburgh Festival, as well a....
REPORT: Side by Side Refugees Charity Night at the 606 (Ian Shaw, Tanita Tikaram and guests)
Wed May 11 2016
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....
Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale at Komedia Bath
Sat Apr 23 2016
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...
Your compositions are from a variety of genres and styles so do you aim to write a piece in a certain style or do you let each piece grow organically?
Antonio Forcione, Pat Metheny e Antonio Carlos Jobim
Mon Aug 10 2015
Nella quarta puntata del ciclo estivo di Aranjuez, incontreremo Antonio Forcione, talentuosissimo chitarrista italiano che ha trovato fortuna a Londra, capitale diventata da circa tre decenni il suo quartier generale. Musicista eclettico e fantasioso compositore, dotato di una tecnica strumentale multiforne, vanta nel suo palmares collaborazioni di alto rango, al fianco di musicisti come Charlie H....
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE REVIEW
Antonio Forcione has been performing at the Fringe, he told us, since 1991, but it's a while since I've have seen a solo show from him in Edinburgh in an intimate space such as this one.
And on the final night of this short run, he is more relaxed and chatty than I have seen him before for this show of tributes to his favourite songs, artists and people.
His versi....
Antonio Forcione is the best guitarist you’ve never heard of. A true virtuoso of the acoustic guitar, he’s been playing tiny Fringe venues for the last twenty years, when in a just world, he’d be packing out Madison Square Gardens.
By turns lyrical, funky, ethereal, haunting, and playful, his one-man show is a delight, and his playing, simply breathtaking.
Opening with....
Antonio Forcione is such an established and adored Fringe regular it almost seems redundant reviewing him because, just as day follows night, a five star review follows Foricone's show. Forcione still has the skill, talent and dexterity that has to be seen to believed.
Starting with an impressive tribute to the late Paco De Lucia, Forcione launches into an interesting blend of o....