Chris Newman - Still Getting Away With It

Celebration of his 40-year career from Chris Newman - in the virtuoso class (The Guardian) and one of the UK's most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists (fRoots)Chris is a brilliant English master of the acoustic guitar (Daily Telegraph) and a prolific composer, arranger and record producer. He's played with luminaries of many musical worlds: folk (harper M�ire N� Chathasaigh - with whom he's toured worldwide - and Boys of the Lough), jazz (St�phane Grappelli and Diz Disley) and comedy (Fred Wedlock) � receiving a silver disc for producing Fred's hit 'Oldest Swinger in Town'.'Still Getting Away with It' is a musical autobiography and a perfect showcase for his extraordinary skills as guitarist, mandolinist, composer and arranger. At a little over an hour long, it contains 18 tracks, 10 of which are originals. Balancing finger-busting wizardry (The Scotsman) with tender lyricism, it crosses boundaries with consummate ease, exploring genres from English, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, American and Qu�becois traditional, to country, ragtime, latin, African, swing and modern jazz � while creating a seamless and uplifting whole. The accompanying commentary is a warm and witty invitation into his rich and adventurous musical world. Dazzling virtuosity... guitar-playing to be marvelled at The Daily TelegraphThe John Williams of folk guitar The Inverness CourierGuitar-playing of astonishing virtuosity and versatility SonglinesMUSICIANS:Chris Newman acoustic guitars; electric guitar; mandolins; fretted and fretless bass; double bass; keyboards Arty McGlynn acoustic (track 6) and electric (tracks 3, 4 & 12) guitars; Simon Mayor mandolin (tracks 3, 7 & 17) Nollaig Casey violins (tracks 1 & 18) Davy Stuart fiddle (track 15) M�ire N� Chathasaigh Irish harp Mark Newman acoustic guitar (track 8) Paul Buckley acoustic guitar (track 8) Roy Whyke drums & percussion.