Ray Montford - Live in downtown Toronto

[Suave]

Hey guys,

I went out last night with George de Sa (aka SoundGame), one of CANADA HiFi's contributors, to see Ray Montford perform at Musideum (401 Richmond St. W., Toronto). I really enjoyed the show - Ray is an excellent solo guitar performer (he does also play with a band) who played mostly original songs but also performed a couple of cover songs. Ray's music seems to have influences from all over the place - from folk to blues to hard rock - it's kind of hard to define its actual genre. During the show a female singer also joined him for a couple of songs, who's voice I also enjoyed very much. The venue itself - Musideum is a store/museum of instruments collected from all over the world - sounded great and resulted in a very intimate performance. Musideum's owner also played a song on the piano which was awesome!

In fact, we're considering asking Ray to perform for us at the 2012 TAVES. You can listen to samples of his music at www.raymontford.com

What do you guys think of his music? Is he a good fit for TAVES?

[SoundGame]

As you know Suave - I enjoy his music very much. Couldn't stop talking about the concert to people at work today. It will be great if we can get him to TAVES.

[prashr]

Wow! I went over to Ray's website and saw the videos he's put up. That is some wonderful playing and like you said you can't classify his music in any particular genre. I relaly liked his phrasing and the feel of his playing, not to mention the acoustic fingerstyle as well.

Thank you for turning me on to some new music and musicians. Hope to catch him at TAVES 2012.

[Suave]

Glad to hear that you enjoy Ray's music too prashr!