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Alan Lacroix

About Me

12 String guitarist/singer/songwriter Alan Lacroix was born in South London in 1965. In 2006 he began writing specifically for solo acoustic guitar developing a combination of classical techniques and open tunings. Live performances have since taken place in London at venues such as The Electroacoustic Club, Bedsprings, Broken Toy Music, Freedom of Expression, IK:Toms and the Troy Bar.

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Member Since: 22/01/2007
Band Website: www.last.fm/music/Alan+Lacroix
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Influences: James Blackshaw, Julian Bream, Nick Drake, Scott Walker, Laura Nyro, Jose Gonzales, Thom Yorke, Leo Brouwer, Tim Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Samantha Whates, Rhys Marsh, Ted Hughes, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, 20th C classical guitar music, Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Henryk Gorecki...
Sounds Like: 'morning song' on balcony tv

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

may 2009

Over the past few weeks I've been going through the painstaking process of tidying up the loose ends of the extended story songs... Nine Black ElmsI've already written quite a bit about this song... f...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 10:28:00 GMT

february 2009

More writing, practicing and rewriting this month...Update on Nine Black ElmsTo say this has been a struggle would be a major understatement!!! I've just finished a working version of 'Nine Black Elms...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:27:00 GMT

january 2009

January 2009First, a belated Happy New Year to everyone!! I've had a break from performing for a couple of months and it's given me a chance to evaluate things...I was planning to start some recording...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:55:00 GMT

october 2008

A few new things this month: Balcony TV London On the 6th I went to Camden Lock to do an interview and live performance for Balcony TV London. Apart from a few problems with the lighting it all went w...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:30:00 GMT

september 2008

A quick update, I'm back from holiday and trying to get back into writing and playing... I managed a new narrative while I was away (provisionally entitled 'Nine Black Elms') so I'm beginning to piece...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:05:00 GMT

july 2008

the short story project i have been working on has resulted in the four long form songs for voice and 12 string guitar that are currently on the profile... although the stories are short those of you ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT

june 2008

so, 5 weeks down the line and i'm still in the process of adapting to the punishing world of acoustic 12 string guitar(!!!) happily things are slowly beginning to improve... i've p...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:30:00 GMT

may 2008

the taylor 12 string arrived last week (a massive thank you to graham for organising the ordering and shipping from america for what turned out to be less than half the price of ordering thr...
Posted by on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:30:00 GMT

update

a couple of things to report as we get into 2008... i'm planning to record a few of my latest songs in the next couple of months for a new cd, i'm developing my larger scale s...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:24:00 GMT

worry beads - live video

i've just added a recent live video of worry beads to the profile filmed by graham at the musicborn event at the edinburgh cellars in london on 24.10.07... (thanks graham) please forgive the occasiona...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:43:00 GMT