Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley —
Marc Atkinson is one of Canada’s finest JUNO-nominated, Western Canadian award-winning musicians. His latest CD of solo guitar entitled ‘Solo’ won best instrumental album of the year with CFMA. He is the leader and composer of the internationally renowned Marc Atkinson Trio (and co-founder, composer and performer in the acclaimed, The Bills). The music of this virtuosic group is melodically captivating, sensually charged and ferociously, technically awe-inspiring. Embracing a lifetime of musical influences, The Trio, formed in 2000, has toured North America, England and Europe and has received standing ovations everywhere they perform from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Vancouver International Folk Festival to DjangoFest Northwest.
Information and tickets: www.djangofest.com