Member Since: 4/13/2006
Band Website: lee-westwood.com
Influences: NEW ALBUM 'NYMPH SUITE & OTHER STORIES' DUE FOR RELEASE JUNE 2008My influences are very broad, but most certainly include Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Pierre Bensusan, Ralph Towner, Tommy Emmanuel, John Fahey, Django Reinhardt, Paco De Lucia, Gerardo Nunez, Paulo Bellinati, Isaac Albeniz, Makam, Kolinda, Talisman, Balogh Kalman, Taraf De Haidouks, Kali Jag, Ion Petre Stoican, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Slint, King Crimson, Tool, Alice In Chains, Helmet, Meshuggah, Blind Melon, early Smashing Pumpkins, Guns n' Roses, Nirvana, Queen, Don Cabalero, Rumah Sakit, Bjork, James Orr Complex, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Nick Drake, Billy Holiday, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck, God Speed You Black Emperor, Steve Reich, Nick Bartch, Stefan Micus, Astor Piazzolla, music of the Gypsies from all around the world, dark cinema, lushious artwork, epic literature, science, philosophy, theology, the whole spectrum of human emotion and lifelong experience, the world and all it is surrounded by (sorry if i missed anything out).
Sounds Like: DEBUT ALBUM 'TO SLEEP' AVAILABLE NOW"...an emerging acoustic instrumentalist with blazing technique, ensuring the fingerpicking tradition remains in safe hands." - Owen Bailey, Guitarist Magazine 2006."...a brilliantly talented young artist, with a broad palette of styles mixed seamlessly together on this album...anyone with an appreciation for the fusion of ideas should love ‘To Sleep’.†– Sam Wise, Acoustic Magazine 2006"...he'll be a name to know in the future if he keeps this up: remember you heard it here first!" - Guitar & Bass" A breath of fresh air, indispensable..." - J.V, Guitarra Total 2007"Westwood is prodigiously talented and able to create musical landscapes that are abstract, yet always energetic." - Patrick Regains, Minor 7th 2006."...an astonishing acoustic guitar talent, Lee Westwood presents his very own approach to music. Lee surely impresses as a guitar player and composer, as well as with his new album 'To Sleep'. Check him out!" - Henk de Veldhuis, Bridge Guitar Reviews 2006."Thank goodness for Lee Westwood, whose 'To Sleep (Farewell Songs)' will have guitar players giving up in despair and the rest of us delighted.
Very rarely is technical wizardry on an instrument used to say something
that otherwise could not be said. Lee manages that and it's a pleasure to
hear. One man, an acoustic and (apparently) four hundred thousand
fingers." - Giles Duffy, Rocks Magazine 2006.
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