Marcus Bonfanti

Tour Dates announced and One Kind Favour

Marcus — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:14:39 +0000

Hey everyone,
firstly thank you so much to those of you who have bought my album over the last few weeks, i really appreciate your support. “What Good Am I To You?” Has been in the Amazon Blues Top 20 and HMV Blues Top 10 for 2 weeks now. It’s amazin to see my record next to the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Seasick Steve and at one point the great BB King; i’m honestly a bit overwhelmed.

It’s been real busy since the release (I been fallin asleep before the sun rises again, it feels strange) me and the band played a session on BBC Radio4 show Loose Ends and got to hangout with Clive Anderson, Sir Ian Mckellen, David Threlfall and Fyfe Dangerfield which was real good fun and i’ve been doin sessions for lots of radio stations including a session with Bob Harris on his Radio2 show which i gotta say was a real highlight of my life. You’ve not talked music till you’ve talked it with Bob…

I have just put up all the Tour Dates announced so far for this year, i’m coverin alot of ground (much of it opening for my good friend Sandi Thom on her tour) and alot of it with the band. There are alot more dates bein added all the time, including my first ever appearance at Glastonbury, but you’ll have to come back in a few weeks to hear bout that…
So please check out the live dates and if we’re comin to your town come along for some blues and whiskey themed good times.
The dates are also listed on myspace www.myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic

Now on to the “One Kind Favour…”
The nominations for the 2010 British Blues awards are being voted for now, if you’ve been to my shows and had a good time, bought my album and enjoyed it or even shared a whiskey with me please go to www.britishbluesawards.com and vote for me in the relevant categories. It doesn’t take long to do and i would really appreciate it.

So, i hope i’ll get to see you all at the forthcoming shows so until then, enjoy the album and if you haven’t bought it yet then borrow it off a mate… and then buy it please.

Take it easy

Marcus
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Welcome Back

Marcus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:15:37 +0000

Hey everyone,

I hope you like the new place, i would like to thank Micha Macher at Rootside for the amazing job he’s done on it, i think you’ll all agree he nailed it. So new website, new album, new live show its gonna be a good year.
The album comes out on the 25th January and i am doing a special solo gig at Ray’s Jazz (top floor of Foyles Book Store, Charing Cross Road) on the 28th January at 6pm which is the first gig you’ll be able to buy a copy at. Ill be signing them for those who want me to and playing songs from the new album.
There are tour dates being added daily so keep checkin the website to see where i’m gonna be and also for news about the full band all singin all dancin album launch which will be happening in early February in London. Me and the boys will also be playing on The Loose Ends Show (Radio 4) on 23rd January so please tune in and enjoy…

So, hopefully see you at the gigs i got coming up and keep checkin back for more news and videos and just to see how sexy the new site looks.

Take it easy

Marcus
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Happy New Year

Marcus — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:50:06 +0000

Hey everyone, i hope 2010 has started well for you all, its taken me a while to get into this futuristic new time we’re livin in as everythin seems to have drawn to a halt because of the snow but its made for some fun snow days with my flat mates.
So, its a new year, i got a new band and a new album out, the release dates is confirmed as 25th January and the album is called “What Good Am I To You?”, it is available for pre order on amazon and many other internet record stores. Also i am playing a small solo show on the 28th January at The Cafe at Foyles bookstore on Charing Cross Road in London, i will be playin all the new songs from the album and also selling and signing the new album for anyone who wants one, it starts at 6 and is FREE to get in, should be good fun. Please come along cos i have visions of that scene from Spinal Tap at the album signing with Artie Fufkin!

If you’d like to know what the new record sounds like you can check out the reviews in this months issue of Mojo magazine and Blues in Britain as well as an interview and a few gig reviews in there as well (thanks to the good people at Blues in Britain for bein so supportive of my music)…

I’m really looking forward to seein you all this year at the shows, the band is soundin great, Scotty Wiber on Bass and Alex Reeves on drums you may know them as the rhythm section from the Big Sounds. So there will be lots of solo and band shows bein confirmed in the next few weeks so stay tuned to see if we’re coming to a theatre near you…

Here is a list of the gigs so far confirmed…

16/01/10 Guisbourough Rhythm & Blues Club w/King King- Guisbourough
17/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
19/01/10 Amberley Folk Club @ The Black Horse Inn w/The Wagon Tails – West Sussex
24/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
28/01/10 Ray’s Jazz @ The Cafe at Foyles – London
31/01/10 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
03/02/10 Grapevine @ Bedfords Wine Bar – Norwich
11/02/10 Inn at Lathones *FULL BAND* – St Andrews
18/02/10 Miller’s *FULL BAND* – Derby
19/02/10 The Lemon Tree *FULL BAND* – Aberdeen
18/02/10 The Bedford at SXSW – Austin, Texas

Take it easy guys and dont forget to check out my youtube channel www.youtube.com/BonfanTV for footage from the recording studio and a few little extras i’ll be putting up in the next few weeks, including the video for Give Me Your Cash…

Marcus

Cancellations and other animals…

Marcus — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:24:23 +0000

Hey everyone, November is almost done and its been a busy old month i gotta say. Went away with The Big sounds to Norway & Paris which was real good fun and then picked up on my own stuff with a show at the Carlisle Blues Festival and then that afternoon up to Glasgow for the Guitar Label showcase. Both these shows were amazin, the turnout at the Carlisle show was fantastic and i wanna thank you all for gettin up so early/stayin awake all night and comin to see me. The show in Glasgow that night was also really well attended and i had the pleasure of jammin with my Label mates Mili, Clive Carrol and the legend that is Martin Taylor, it was a great night.
The follwing weekend, i hooked up with the band (Scooty & Reeves) to open for the Yardbirds at the fantastic Charlotte Street Blues Club which was a real honour and pleasure. The following day i took a trip to the Isle of Man (my third time there) to play a few shows which again were so well attended and i met some great people over there and hooked up with some old friends too. Thank you to everyone over there for makin me feel so welcome and comin to hear me play my music.

So on to the other stuff, sadly i had to cancel my 2 dates up in Scotland this month as the album release has been delayed till 25th January so these shows have now been moved to February, so sorry to any of you who were plannin on coming but hopefully ill see you all there in February. Also i’m sorry to say that i wont be playin the Regal Room this Saturday for reasons i cant really go into but needless to say im again real sorry to anyone who was plannin on comin but ill be back playin there soon.

So stay tuned for the Give Me Your Cash music video and the free download mystery song which will be available soon.

Take it easy everyone and if you’re around this sunday (29th November) and hungry come down to the Blues Lunchtime at the Elgin Pub in Ladbroke Grove from 2-5 where ill be playin some delta for your digestion, oh yeh. Mamma & Papa Bonfanti will be there too…

Much love

Marcus
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Man it’s November already…

Marcus — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:23 +0000

Hey everyone, as you may be wonderin (or maybe not) it was the 25th of November yesterday and some of you may have thought where is Marcus Bonfanti’s Album, oh where could it be?
Well for those of you that were wondering this very thing, my album release has been moved to 25th January 2010, its for good reasons and im really excited about gettin it out there and all of you hearing it.
There are some tracks up on my myspace (www.myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic) and some videos taken in the studio on my youtube channel (www.youtube.com/BonfanTV) so have a little skive off work and check em out let me know what you think…

November has been a busy old month already as i went out with Earl Thomas, Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds to Norway and Paris for a couple of weeks of gigs which was good fun as it always is and now im back and have a whole host of dates this month where ill be playin alot of the new songs. This includes a show at Charlotte Street Blues opening for the Yardbirds and another trip over to the Isle of Man, here’s a list of all the upcoming shows, it’d be great to see some of you down there…

10 Nov 2009 Metropolis Studios – London
15 Nov 2009 The Guitar Label Showcase @ RSAMD- Glasgow
20 Nov 2009 Charlotte Street Blues w/The Yardbirds *FULL BAND*- London
21 Nov 2009 Studio Theatre @ Ballakermeen – Isle of Man
22 Nov 2009 Atholl Room @ The Centenary Centre – Isle of Man
26 Nov 2009 The Lemon Tree *FULL BAND* – Aberdeen
27 Nov 2009 The Inn at Lathones *FULL BAND* – St Andrews
28 Nov 2009 The Regal Room – London
29 Nov 2009 Blues Sessions @ The Elgin – London
17 Dec 2009 The B-Bar – Plymouth
18 Dec 2009 The B-Bar – Plymouth

So stay tuned for more news including a music video for one of the new songs, a brand new webiste comin soon right here at www.marcusbonfanti.com and a tour in February next year also i’ve been confirmed at next years South by South West festival in Austin Texas in March and i honestly cant wait…

So hopefully see you all at some of the shows for a couple of whiskeys, take it easy…

Marcus
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