South African born and raised guitar virtuoso Guy Buttery,
teams up with legendary American guitarist and composer Kaki King for a tour
that will take South African audiences and guitar enthusiasts by storm. This
run of concerts will feature King and Buttery performing side by side for a
singular performance in Johannesburg with another in Cape Town. The two met
while Buttery was on tour in the USA and hit it off instantly. After shooting a
video of one of their improvised jam sessions at King’s home studio in New York
City, the talk of a tour together was immediately on the cards.
Hailed by Rolling Stone Magazine as “a genre unto herself,”
Kaki King is a true iconoclast. Over the past 13 years, the Brooklyn-based
artist has released 8 extraordinarily diverse and distinctive albums, performed
with such icons as Foo Fighters, Timbaland, and The Mountain Goats, contributed
to a variety of film and TV soundtracks including Golden Globe-nominated work
on Sean Penn’s Into The Wild, and played to an increasingly fervent following
of music lovers on innumerable world tours. In addition to her own solo work,
Kaki sometimes performs accompanied by NYC-based string quartet ETHEL. She has
also performed at Carnegie Hall, premiering a classical piece commissioned by
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang.
“Guy Buttery is something of a National treasure”, says
South Africa’s leading newspaper The Mercury. As an internationally recognized
guitar player, Guy enjoys invitations to play sell-out performances all over
the globe. His international role has surpassed merely performing concerts to
foreign audiences. It has evolved into one as an ambassador of South African
music, inspiring people across the world with his homegrown style at the very
heart of his talent and tenacity. Guy’s distinct unification of South African
guitar music is the musical advocate for everything positive and beautiful
about the place he calls home. Buttery has worked with an incredible myriad of
artists including Dave Matthews, Jethro Tull, VusiMahlasela, multiple Grammy
Award winner Will Ackerman, Salif Keita, Preston Reed, The Violent Femmes, Jon
Gomm and countless others.
Expect high dynamics, delicate African inflections combined
with inner city groove in a unique fusion by two of the greatest minds in
progressive guitar playing today.
Concert details
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Rivonia Barnyard Theatre, Sandton, Johannesburg. 8pm.
Tickets: R295pp
Friday, 14 April 2017
Lush Festival,
Linwood Farm (R711) Clarens, Free State. 3pm. Tickets available at –
www.lushfestival.com/tickets
Sunday, 16 April 2017
The Slave Church, 40 Long Street, Cape Town. 8pm. Tickets:
R250pp – www.breakout.nutickets.co.za/kakiking
Monday, 17 April 2017
Parklife Festival, Green Point Stadium Fields, Cape Town.
Tickets available at – www.parklifefestival.co.za/cape/tickets
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