Firelight Moonlight by Peter Janson

"Firelight Moonlight is awesome!"

*****

IN BRIEF

Peter Janson offers fingerstyle acoustic guitar music with folk roots, mild rhythmic grooves, post-Windham Hill Guitar influences, Jazz aesthetics, and Celtic elements.

BIO

One of a growing breed of new acoustic musicians gaining a reputation for an eclectic approach to performance and composition, Peter Janson offers original fingerstyle guitar music with folk roots, mild rhythmic grooves, post-Windham Hill Guitar influences, Jazz aesthetics, Celtic elements, demanding part writing, and acoustic sonority. Solo and with his band this is world class acoustic music with artistry, detail of classical technique, and attention to melodic line. According to “Wind & Wire” magazine, “Peter Janson is one of the best acoustic guitarists recording today…a true artist’s soul.”

Janson began playing guitar as a kid in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Although his list of guitarist influences is long and diverse - Martin Simpson, Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny, Leo Kottke, Pierre Bensusan, Ed Gerhard, Tuck Andress, David Leisner, to name a few - Janson’s earliest musical influence was his father. “My dad played solo guitar that reflected his love of the music of Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, Les Paul and Andreas Segovia. He had it all: style, taste, technique, improvisational ability. From as early as I can remember I would just sit and listen to him for hours at a time.” The brilliance displayed by each of these various artists inspired Janson not only to strive for excellence but to do it in a way that was particularly his own.

As he enhanced his musical sensibility through exposure to many styles and techniques, Janson further honed his skills through formal training. After receiving an undergraduate degree in music, he studied for two years with David Leisner at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he was awarded a Master’s of Music. Janson currently directs the Guitar Studies program at the University of Massachusetts - Boston. In addition to composing, recording and performing his own music, he also tours with the Peter Janson Band, which sometimes includes bass and African/Eastern style percussion, among other configurations. Janson is often requested to demonstrate the fine guitars built by Bill Tippin, and recently guitars built by Michael Bashkin, Mario Beauregard and Bob Laughlin, at national and international guitar festivals.

CONCERTS

Performances at concert venues throughout the US and Canada including:

A Cuppa Tea Cafe, Berkeley CA

Acoustic Cafe, Nederland CO

Bayside Expo Center, Boston MA

Blackstone River Theatre, Cumberland RI

Blackthorne Tavern, Easton MA

Cozmic Room, Eugene OR

Orange County Convention Center, Orlando FL

INATS West Trade Show, Denver CO

Living Room, New York NY

Mozaic Room Coffeehouse, Avon MA

Orpheum Theatre, Foxboro MA

Rose Garden Coffeehouse, Mansfield MA

and many more

FESTIVALS

Healdsburg Guitar Festival

Newport Guitar Festival

Sirius Rising - Brushwood Folklore Festival

Mansfield MA Music & Arts Festival

Easton MA Annual Harvest Fair

SHARED STAGES WITH

Alex de Grassi

Ed Gerhard

Chris Proctor

Brooks Williams

Aine Minogue

and many others

AWARDS

2004 Grammy Awards, 1st round, Best New Age Album of the Year Nominee

2004 Grammy Awards, 1st round, Best Engineered Album (non-classical) Nominee

2004 KTEP-FM, El Paso TX - Top 20 for the Year

2003 KTEP-FM, El Paso TX - Essential Audiosyncracy Collection

2002 NAV Music Awards, Best New Age Album of the Year Nominee

2001 KTEP-FM, El Paso TX - Top 20 of the Year

2001 KRSC-FM, Tulsa OK - Top 20 for the Year

2000 NAV Music Awards, Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of the Year Nominee

2000 KGOU-FM, KROU-FM Norman OK, Best of 2000

FACTOIDS

*Firelight Moonlight is currently in rotation on the nationally syndicated "Echoes" radio in US, and "Galaxie" radio in Canada

*favorably reviewed on over thirty publications including Acoustic Guitar and Dirty Linen magazines

*feature articles in The Boston Globe - South Weekly, as well as regional magazines and local newspapers coast to coast

*featured in Toronto weekly television magazine show "York Region Living" - concert hailed as "Tonight's Hot Spot!"

*live performances and interviews including NPR stations KLCC-FM Eugene OR, KZYX-FM Willits CA, and folk giant WUMB-FM Boston MA

*verified for airplay by BMI a total of 13,332 times in US and more in Canada and Europe as of last accounting

*verified for airplay by BMI a total of 26,432 times in US, and more in Canada and Europe as of last accounting *aired on over 250 stations across the US, Canada and Europe

*radio rankings on individual monthly charts included 15 stations at #1; 184 in the Top 10: 294 in the Top 20

*Sometimes From Here was ranked #2 on National Top 100 Radio charts in June, July and August 2001 as reported to Lazz Promotions (Toronto)

DISCOGRAPHY

2006, Peter Janson & Friends, Beautiful Day

2005, Peter Janson, A Clear Stillness export licensed to THETA Music, Sweden

2005, Peter Janson, Firelight Moonlight export licensed to Orange Music, Singapore

2004, Peter Janson, Firelight Moonlight

2004, wrote and performed on "Waiting For Winter" on Jamie Bonk's NAR Lifestyle Award winning album "My World"

2004, Various, En Stamningsfull Stund, from THETA Music, Sweden

2004, Various, Amingsro, from THETA Music, Sweden

2003, Various, Sounds of New England Vol 1

2001, Peter Janson, Sometimes From Here

1999 - Peter Janson - Across the Bridge

*as reported toNAR, NAV and LAZZ Promotions (Toronto)

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