FESTIVAL INCLUDES 4 CONCERTS AND INTENSIVE 2-DAY GUITAR WORKSHOP

MAPLEWOOD, N.J.—Stephane Wrembel is pleased to announce Django A Gogo Festival 2021, which will be held Thursday, June 3^rd through Sunday, June 6^th comprising 4 concerts and an intensive 2-day guitar workshop.  This world class event celebrates the music and life of legendary musician and composer Django Reinhardt. The concert repertoire follows the Django canon and veers into reinterpretation, improvisation and interplay between artists from various backgrounds performed at the highest level of musicianship.

Wrembel is a composer, teacher and one of the preeminent guitarists specializing in the Django Reinhardt style; he is most known for his Grammy Award®-winning composition “Bistro Fada” from the Academy Award®-winning Woody Allen movie Midnight In Paris.  Since 2001, Wrembel has released over a dozen critically acclaimed albums including a series of recordings in tribute to Reinhardt under the nom de plume, The Django Experiment.  Wrembel recently released Django ’Impressionniste, a book of transcriptions of Reinhardt’s preludes for solo guitar. Since 2003, Django A Gogo has brought together some of the finest musicians in the world to celebrate the Sinti guitar style to perform in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and The Town Hall. Read more…

LIMITED EDITION TITLES FROM PRECIOUS BRYANT, COL. BRUCE HAMPTON, AND DANNY BARNES TO BE REISSUED ON JUNE 12, 2021, IN CONJUNCTION WITH RECORD STORE DAY

ATLANTA, GA- The Atlanta-based Terminus Records will reissue 11 titles on vinyl from their eclectic catalog in 2021 including recordings from the award-winning blueswoman, Precious Bryant; Grammy®-nominated Americana pioneer, Danny Barnes; legendary bluesman/guitarist, Col. Bruce Hampton; improvisational rock band, Slang (featuring Dave Schools of Widespread Panic and Layng Martine III); heralded songwriter, Jerry Joseph; gospel bluesman, Boyd Rivers; psychedelic funk band, Big Ass Truck; and experimental jazz ensemble, Mylab.  All of the original recordings have been re-mastered by Grammy®-nominated engineer, Pete Lyman (Chris Stapleton, John Prine, Jason Isbell), at Infrasonic Mastering. They are being pressed on the highest quality vinyl by Kindercore Vinyl in Athens, Georgia, with fully reconstructed packaging. Read more…

GIGS.LIVE TO PREMIERE VIDEO OF WREMBEL’S SOLO PERFORMANCE OF ALL 17 PIECES ON THURSDAY, APRIL 22^ND AT 8:00 P.M. EDT

MAPLEWOOD, NJ—Heralded composer, teacher and guitarist, STEPHANE WREMBEL, will release Django L’Impressionniste, a book of music transcriptions of 17 compositions for solo guitar by legendary musician Django Reinhardt on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Until now, these compositions have previously only been available in recorded form. Read more…

VIRTUAL ALBUM RELEASE SHOW TO BE STREAMED LIVE FROM CAFÉ LENNA IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK, ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 23^RD AT 7:00 P.M. EST

New York, NY – Award-winning guitarist STEPHANE WREMBEL will digitally release The Django Experiment VI on Water is Life Records on January 22, 2021, the 111th anniversary of the birth of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt, one of the most celebrated and respected musicians of the 20^th century.

As with the previous “experiments,” The Django Experiment V was recorded with Wrembel and his world-class band performing live, with no headphones or tracking, in a setting conducive to improvisation with each musician pushing their own boundaries to evoke new interpretations of Reinhardt’s music as well as songs by composers. Wrembel’s band includes long-time collaborators Thor Jensen (guitar), Ari Folman-Cohen (bass), Nick Anderson (drums), Nick Driscoll (saxophone and clarinet) and special guest, Daisy Castro (violin).  It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Eric Ritter at The Windmill Recording Studio in Scranton, Pa. Read more…