hey everyone
i wanted to let you know that my brand new album "fox hill lane" has been released and features some of south africa's finest musicians whom i have been fortunate enough to collaborate with on the record.
the album is available for sale here -
and here -
and on digital download here -
at the same time i have finally launched my official website, so please take a look and let us know what you think. it includes a bunch of video's, interviews, pics, some tunes, etc. visit us here -
thanks guys. hope to see you out on the road real soon.
guy b.
p.s. below are some reviews for the new album.
"Guy Buttery's latest album is a true accomplishment. Layers of musical landscapes are woven together to harness the listener, note by note. Fox Hill Lane is a timeless record and of the best stuff to ever come out of South Africa."
- Acoustic Image
“I am moved by Guy Buttery's musical language and journey: this musician from South Africa is painting a framework, transforming his roots and the richness of his mixed culture into an inspired language that has become very personal and yet universal. This is touching, refreshing and amazing to witness. Thank you for his intoxicating joy, and may his voyage be as rich and exciting as a long life melody."
- Pierre Bensusan, World renowned Acoustic Guitarist
"Fox Hill Lane is a study in contrasts, ranging from the meditative, slightly nostalgic solo guitar of opening track ‘7” postcard (45RPM)’ and ‘Travel By Packet’, to the jubilant mbaqanga-tinged ‘Sibanisezwe’ and ‘Mama’, and the mesmeric cycles of ‘Half a Decade’. The album contains plenty of Buttery’s trademark intricate fingerwork and full use of the rhythmic and percussive qualities of his instruments, as he explores the boundaries of different styles and genres. The use of instruments like the dobro, tabla, sitar and hosepipe flute give the music an original, earthy feel, and there is the suggestion of mountains, rivers and wide open spaces, the sounds and rhythms by turns soaring and energetic, brooding and melancholy. Fox Hill Lane is a testament to Guy Buttery’s growth as a musician and a person, and a richly textured collection of beautifully crafted music, rooted in South Africa but destined for the world."
- Music Industry Online
"... a real winner!"
- David Spelman, Artistic Director at the New York Guitar Festival
"...a unique brand of neo-pastoral indie-folk viscerally connected to the soil from which it sprang. At the tender age of 25, Buttery is already approaching something approximating world renown with the past year having included increasingly high-profile live shows across Africa, Europe, America and Australia and media touchstones such as Guitar Magazine proclaiming him one of the finest fingerstyle guitarists of his generation. Achieving the rare crossover combination of greater accessability and evolved lyricism, the album could be the one that takes Buttery from the cane fields to KwaZulu-Natal to the snowcapped pinnacles of success."
- The Mail and Guardian