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Roland Chadwick

About Me

Since arriving in the UK in 1998, Roland Chadwick has been hailed as a guitarist’s guitarist by the likes of John Renbourn and Tommy Emmanuel. His recordings with Steve Vai, Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) and the English Chamber Orchestra have been hailed as classics of their type. Other credits include: Mike Lindup - Level 42, Sir George Martin, Andy Sheppard, Alan Glen – The Yardbirds. Critics have been unanimous in their praise of his virtuosity, versatility and originality.

Roland Chadwick's new album, Freedom Dreamer is a set of songs powerfully conceived, inspirationally driven and masterfully executed. Freedom Dreamer is a giant prod into the future-possibility of acoustic music. Freedom Dreamer is available On-Line now. Just click here to buy now -

Freedom Dreamer On Sale Now!Roland Chadwick plays Tango Roland Chadwick plays Dance from Song and Dance No.1 Roland Chadwick Plays Bedford Guitar Festival Roland Chadwick plays Baby Please Don't Go Roland Chadwick plays La Cienega Roland Chadwick plays Betty Keft Roland Chadwick plays Saleem Dervish ; }table table table {max-width: 423px;}.nametext { height: 35px; width: auto; }table tr td table tr td table tr td div strong { display: inline; width: auto; }; }table table table {max-width: 423px;}.nametext { height: 35px; width: auto; }table tr td table tr td table tr td div strong { display: inline; width: auto; }

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/02/2006
Band Website: www.rolandchadwick.com
Band Members: Roland Chadwick - anything with frets and some vocals
Influences: Led Zepplin, Beethoven, Jethro Tull, Shostakovich, Yes, Brahms, Robert Johnson, Villa Lobos, John McLaughlin, Kate Bush
Sounds Like: I dunno. What do you think? Sounds like music to me.
Record Label: HomeFront Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Half Man - Half Guitar

Roland Chadwick: Half Man - Half Guitar. Some say he's the Guitar Slinger. Some say he's the Wizard of Oz. Others say they saw him in the Cotswolds selling his soul to a blind man with a Red Hat holdi...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:21:00 GMT

Blues In Britain Magazine Article - Unabridged

Roland Chadwick  It's Blues Jim, but not as we know it!Let me start by telling you I turned 50 this year - and despite my deepest and most strongly held fears - I didn't die! - And nothing fell off m...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:56:00 GMT

Tennis Racket Guitar

Due to my mothers atrocious navigational skills I was born at the other end of the earth (which might as well have been the moon) in a place called Wollongong (an inch lower than Sydney on most maps) ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:51:00 GMT

The Joy of Performance

Being a performer is sometimes like being the air inside of a balloon. You struggle to keep it all in place, you fight against your own urge to simply collapse and rest and like the air you really don...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:32:00 GMT

The Blues is

"The blues is about the angst and uncertainty of being alive. The Blues resonates with that angst, exposes it, heals it and then moves you to joy. It,s not a religion or a belief, its better...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:29:00 GMT