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Guy Buttery

Guy Buttery

Guy Buttery’s goal is to stretch the boundaries of fingerstyle guitar to their outer limits. The South African guitarist traverses territory as diverse as folk, jazz, Celtic, classical, minimalism, Indian music, and flamenco on his new CD Songs From The Cane Fields [Iris/Greenhouse], making it the most diverse and intriguing fingerstyle album in recent memory. The album features Buttery’s lightning-fast, yet highly melodic two-handed tapping and fingerpicking approaches that yield some truly dazzling percussive and polyphonic moments.innerviews.org

The Upper Reaches

South African guitar player Guy Buttery performs a live solo version of "The Upper Reaches" from his self-titled 2016 album recorded on the 23rd April 2016 at The Gin Bar, Cape Town, South Africa. The reverb "effect" heard in the video is entirely acoustic and is basically the natural guitar sound bouncing around the wooden floors and ceiling of the room itself.

7" Postcard

Official music video for 7" Postcard [33 ⅓ RPM] by Guy Buttery, featuring Chris Letcher.