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10 tracks | 43 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on Eastern Woods Music
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An audiophile quality recording, Firelight Moonlight contains ten brilliant solo acoustic guitar songs. Produced by Peter Janson, the album highlights Janson's prowess as a fingerstyle guitarist, composer and arranger.
Bio / Background
Created as an audiophile quality recording, all of the songs on this CD were recorded "studio live" to two track, and with the highest digital resolution available, at Masterlink Recording Studio in Nashville. A collection of ten brilliant solo acoustic guitar songs, Firelight Moonlight, produced by Peter Janson, highlights Janson's prowess as a fingerstyle guitarist, composer (eight original compositions), and arranger of traditional folk favorite Shallow Brown (titled Purpose on this recording), and New Age/World favorite Wu Wei, composed by Pierre Bensusan.
*****
REVIEW: Wind & Wire Magazine, July 2004, by Bill Binkelman.
"Remarkable artistic vision... every aspect of the album is flawless... belongs in every acoustic guitar lovers' collection. My highest recommendation."
*****
REVIEW: KTEP-FM, El Paso TX, June 2004, by Jamey Osborne.
↓ more ↓"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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