Livio Guardi & Wilson MontuoriLivio Guardi & Wilson Montuori
Diomede (independent, 2003)
This creative duo of Italian guitarists plays laid back evocative music which includes influences from various Mediterranean lands. The beautiful songs that feature vocals by Guardi shoe the Tuscan roots of the Italian group. But there are also Spanish influences, with the use of handclapping percussion, which is known as palmas in Spanish. There is even a bit of American folk, with the use of harmonica and banjo, Brazilian bossa nova and a tribute to Chet Atkins and Django Reinhardt.
The instrumentals are delightful and feature Guardi and Montuori playing variety of stringed instruments, including guitars, mandolin and bouzouki. The bouzouki adds an Eastern Mediterranean feel to some of the pieces as a tribute to the music of Greece and Turkey. The two multi-instrumentalists are accompanied by bassist Andrea "Lupo" Lupi, percussionist Valerio Perla and flautist Arcadio Barascchi.
World Music Central
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20040829111305396