Marcus Bonfanti - Hard Times

One man, one guitar and a lifetime of influences make up Hard Times, the unprecedented debut album by Marcus Bonfanti. That lifetime may be just 26 years long, but the young Londoner, of Italian and British parentage, has packed enough playing into that time to create a distinctive sound, which may doff a cap to the very heart of the blues but is entirely his own. With three years touring the world as a sideman with Sandi Thom, and hundreds of gigs with his own blues band, Marcus Bonfanti has the heart and soul of a confirmed bluesman, with the face of a rock star.