Durban based guitarist, Guy Buttery,
collected yet another National Award last month receiving a SAMA (South African
Music Award) in the “Best Instrumental” category for his most recent live
recording Live in KwaZulu. This will
be his second award and 7th nomination at the annual event. The
SAMA’s were held at Sun City in the Pilanesberg at the end of last month and
were broadcast to an audience of 4 million viewers.
Recorded over two nights at the University
of KwaZulu-Natal, Live in KwaZulu
acts as a "best of", featuring numerous compositions drawn from his
14 year career. Below is an excerpt taken from the liner notes from the album:
“For years, people have asked me to do a
live record. In many ways, I've been afraid. Growing up listening to my
collection of thousands of hours of recordings made it a much bigger deal for
me. In a live environment there's no way to get it ‘just right’. This isn't the
studio. There aren't any retakes. It's live. It's real.”
Upon receiving the award at the ceremony,
Guy dedicated the award to the city of Durban “for constant inspiration”.
The album is available for download on iTunes
and on CD at Bandcamp (http://guybuttery.bandcamp.com/)
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