Beselch Rodríguez was born in La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands. He has become one of the leading timple performers in Spain. The timple is a small guitar from the Canary Islands and it is related to the Portuguese cavaquinho and braginha, which are the predecessors of the Hawaiian ukulele.
Self taught, he began as a folk music performer with Agrupación Folklórica El Moral. As timplista (tiemple player), his career began in 1998. After touring throughout the islands, he was the winner of the Certamen de Timple Juventud y Cultura in 2000. In 2004, Spain’s Instituto Nacional de la Juventud (INJUVE) selected him as one of the musicians that would participate in the prestigious Circuitos de Música INJUVE 2004 in the category of folk music.
He has shared the stage with numerous Spanish and international world music acts, performing at the top world music festivals in Spain.
His first solo CD is In-diferente (2009), in which he performs renovated timple sounds.
The second album, titled “Habitat” (2012) represented the re-encounter with his traditional roots.
In terms of evolution, Beselch developed his electric timple personal project, completed in 2012 and was made possible after several months of work with American luthier Jonathan Mann. Together, they created a new sound and timbre that’s is already part of the universe of this artist. With this new proposal, Beselch Rodríguez started a new path in fusion and interpretation.
Besides developing his musical activity as timplista, Beselch Rodríguez has participated in numerous projects and recordings, and works regularly with leading groups and performers of the Canary Islands.
Discography:
In-Diferente (Multitrack, 2008)
Habitat (Multitrack, 2012)
Timples y Otras Pequeñas Guitarras del Mundo (Multitrack, 2015)
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.