Interview Double Bill Concert with John Renbourn (2002)
10/18/2002
INTERVIEW DOUBBLE BILL CONCERT WITH JOHN RENBOURN (USA) By Tucker Petertil for the Olympia Newspaper (WA-USA)Tucker Petertil:Will you be using any effects (Loops, etc...) in your Olympia performance? Pierre Bensusan:No, I've stopped one year ago to use any effect. Nowadays, my sound is a combo of mic in front of the sound hole and direct pick-up output, and the 2 only effects I use are reverb a...
The Aspen Daily News Interview (2001)
10/19/2001
INTERVIEW THE ASPEN DAILY NEWS By Matt LevitchMatt Levitch:What's new with you? Any recordings in the works or planned for the near future? Pierre Bensusan:A big tour in the US starting in Aspen on Jan. 4th followed by concerts all over Europe and Japan, about 80 shows all together, and my 8th and brand new album called "Intuite" which has just been released before Christmas. It will o...
More misc. UK Press Clippings
10/18/2001
"At other times he made the guitar sound as if was an orchestra. And then there is Pierre’s singing: melodic, passionate, full of feeling, with his ‘scat esperanto’ a firm favourite. The audience was spellbound." Beat Magazine (UK, June 2011) "Pierre made the guitar sound like nothing else I have ever heard a guitar sound like. A fascinating mixture of sweet notes and percussive ...
Folk & Music Exchange
10/19/1992
Nice Feeling Pierre Bensusan A review written for the Folk and Music Exchange by Mark O'Donnell To say that there has been proliferation of acoustic guitarists in the past two decades is a clear understatement. What hath William Ackerman wrought? So much music and so little of it memorable. To wade through the dross and find those with genuine musicality requires either great luck or a lot o...