[technoman28]

Went to see Newton Faulkner last night in Newcastle, what a great gig. The guy is an excellent all round entertainer, superb musician, great rapport with the crowd, and he writes great music. I have put a link in to a you tube video of him performing a song called "for gods sake". He plays a single acoustic guitar and yet manages to provide a very intricate melody, a bass drone (he even has to detune the bottom string when the tune drops a note, then retune it back again), and also a rhythm section by banging and tapping the body of the guitar. The banging of the guitar really gave the subwoofers a serious workout. There are no other musicians on stage with him during this song at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3DjB...eature=related

If you get the chance to catch him on tour, go for it, it was one of the most entertaining gigs I have been to for a long time.

[lfcmonkey]

Sweet.

[azulejo]

Have to concur. Saw this guy last year at Somerset House, when he was supporting Bert Jansch. Superb live act, and comes across as a genuinely really nice, talented, guy.

[karkus30]

Cool

that track reminds me of one of the tracks on Jeff Buckley's album Grace.

[thecuttingedge]

Thank you so much for posting the video, I was very impressed by "Handbuilt by Robots" and can't wait for anything he does. I love his cover of Tear Drop (unlike the cover Mika did who I believe should never be allowed in a recording studio ever again).

[ScouserAndy]

just seen him on gmtv. what a guitar player, very talented.

[gwc]

He was a pupil of Eric Roche at ACM Guilford. Check out Eric Roche playing Smells like Teen Spirt.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxZcUrfX0o

[ScouserAndy]

wow!

[ScouserAndy]

wow!