Artist Profiles: Beppe Gambetta

Beppe Gambetta – Photo by Michael Schlüter

Beppe Gambetta, born in 1955 in Genoa, Italy, is the leading flat-picking guitarist of Europe. Through his superb recordings, frequent tours of Europe and the United States of America, and original research into early Italian traditional and popular music, Mr. Gambetta has established himself as a major world artist of the steel-string guitar.

Gambetta founded Red Wine, an Italian bluegrass band in 1977. He has performed with David Grisman, Gene Parsons, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Tony Trischka and cellist Rushad Eggleston.

Discography:

Dialogs (Brambus, 1989)
Alone & Together (Brambus, 1992)
Good News from Home (Green Linnet, 1995)
Serenata (Acoustic Music, 1997)
Synergia (Thunderation, 2000)
Traversata (Acoustic Disc, 2001)
Blu di Genova (Gadfly, 2003)
Livel (CandyRat, 2003)
Slade Stomp (Gadfly, 2006)
Four-Way Mirrorl (CandyRat, 2006)
Rendez-vous (Gadfly, 2008)
Live at the Teatro Della Corte / The First 10 Years (Gadfly, 2011)
The American Album (Gadfly, 2013)
Round Trip (Borealis, 2015)
Short Stories (Borealis, 2017)

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
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