Review Centre: Guitarists

"If you haven't seen Grace before, or if it's a while since you last saw her, you're in for a nice surprise. It's unusual to witness anyone who can silence an audience with their ability to play, sing and visually entertain. A small crowd of music lovers in a tastefully furnished bar in the back streets of St Albans, we were there to listen and to be part of the moment. Grace and pretention don't mix. Maybe she has the most apt name of anyone you'll ever see play live. (Actually, Joy would have worked too.) You can tell that she adores what she does; while there's the odd moment of wild abandonment in Grace's performance, her poise is unshakeable and the music is always from the soul and shared with passion. Grace plays with a pair of mics and a dual pedal-based multi-layered loop station. Her songs build, bar by bar, making it fascinating not only to hear, but to see, live music being created in front of you. She played a few covers with the loop station, but her own songs, some of which were played live, some with original backing tracks, stood out too. I'd say that Grace's vocal control is amongst the best I've heard: strong and confident but comfortable and warming all at the same time. The guitar playing was tasteful, rhythmic and melodic. No keyboard this time, but to be honest, we didn't miss it. Grace handled us - including a rather bizarre heckler - with gentle skill and natural humour. Next time you question your existence whilst sitting on your TV sofa, remember two important things: that there's an invention called catch-up TV on the Internet, and that an evening spent with Grace G is a rare opportunity not to be missed."

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"Dan played an accoustic set at my 50th Birthday celebration. The range of songs played was ideal for the audience and setting. I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone. Positive Quality, Professionalism, Value"

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"Thank you so much for supporting us with Markus, we loved his performance and our clients really appreciated his enthusiasm and talent. We have one or two other events during the year and run another Day Centre in Bermondsey and would be keen to hire Markus again. At the very least, it looks like this could be a great new Christmas tradition for us!"

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"Gary, you are a born entertainer and can relate to all ages, everyone loves you. Each one of your gigs are amazing and lots of fun, you always enjoy what you do and it shows. No one moves like you lol. Cant wait for the next one on Saturday. "

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"We had Martha at our home for my wife's 40th birthday party. She was a pleasure to work with from start to finish, extremely friendly and accommodating, and very talented! She took my song requests without hesitation and even learned new ones she hadn't performed before. She was also very sweet with the younger attendees and got them to sing with her! I'd highly recommend hiring Martha for any event."

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"The service I received was perfect - I will definately recommend to friends. Our musician Alan was very professional and played beautifully throughout our wedding breakfast. with many thanks"

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"What a pleasure it was to have you at our 30th birthday party, thank you from us both for putting on such a great performance... everyone really enjoyed the evening, we have had many of the people who attended comment on your wonderful array of songs and how good your voice was. You were the ultimate professional from start to finish and would highly recommend you to anyone who was looking for a live acoustic musician for any Birthday, Wedding or Party. Thanks again for making our evening so special."

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"The party, it was truly fabulous - very much helped by your tremendous flair with the tunes! Very many thanks Kirsty. We will definitely book you again. "

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"Paddy's voice is FABULOUS and he has a particularly nice, positive engagement style and presence. EVERYONE loved his singing and it set a GREAT atmosphere as people were arriving. I heard many guests commenting on how good he was and how much they were enjoying his playing. Even the venue manager, who had warned us earlier in the day against getting someone was REALLY impressed and thought Paddy did an outstanding job! I would highly recommend Paddy!"

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"What an honour it was to have you playing for us on our special day. You really were the icing on the cake! All our guests commented on how amazing you were and when you played our special request as I walked down the isle, I nearly burst into tears! A million times thank you."

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"Phil was great! Talented, great patter and fab repertoire! Would highly recommend."

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"Absolutely brilliant, made our party."

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"Thank you SO much Ley – you made our special day absolutely perfect! As always, you wooed the audience, dazzled the ladies and you made the bride cry … (in a good way – which isn’t easy to do!) The song you learnt for us for our first dance was absolutely breathtaking. Knowing that it was just for us, was so emotional and you did us proud."

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"They were amazing and all our guests thought we had our favourite pop rock artist in our front room."

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"Phil was absolutely fantastic from first contact making the arrangements until the gig had been completed. Everybody who came to his performance has given him 10 out of 10. Very professional, excellent repertoire, great energy, brilliant vocals and guitar playing. Don't go anywhere else - just hire Phil, you will not be disappointed!"

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