NEW ALBUM:
ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITAR COMPILATION 2.
Released!
On all major streaming platforms.
Featuring: Duncan Mackay: kbds, Steve York: bass, Enzo Todesco: drums, Roger Inniss: bass, Sylvain Poge.
Here's the album playlist on Youtube
ROBBEN FORD INTERVIEW AT THE MUSICIANS INSTITUTE
Parts 1,2,3 and 4 on Youtube
I've digitalized an interview I did with Robben whilst attending the Guitar Institute of Technology, this was just prior to him playing with Miles Davis and releasing his 'Talk to your daughter' album.
RECORDING SESSIONS FOR ELKIE BROOKS ... To be updated
SESSION: 'C'est la belle vie' instrumental . Recorded for an ad. With Steve Forward: production and Jacques Bouniard on keyboards
PARIS GUITAR FESTIVAL
Demo for Pistol Guitars
DECEMBER
Mike Cahen Jazz Trio at l'Assemblée Nationale
Duo with Sal Bernardi
NOVEMBER
Duo with Sal Bernardi
Recording new tracks
Duo with Jacques Bouniard
New Youtube channel handle/link youtube.com/@MikeCahen
OCTOBER
Duo with Sal Bernardi
Work in progress:
The hybrid 'Electric Mohan Veena' project with luthier Roger Daguet
SEPTEMBER
Duo with Sal Bernardi
Jazz Duo with Jacques Bouniard
Recording sessions with producer Steve Forward
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE ARTIST CHANNEL UPGRADE
New videos on the channel include a personal recording of Jazz giant , guitarist Joe Diorio.
Joe was one of my favourite instructors at the Guitar Institute of Technology (G.I.T) in Los Angeles
Joe participated in 'International Music Seminars' that we organised in Montpellier and Antibes in France.
AUGUST
The track 'Some Loan Blues' featured on the HX Records, U.K sampler compilation.
The official 10 inch vinyl is available on the Rough Trade Records U.K website from 31th August and also for subscribers of Record Collectors Magazine. Price £5.99
BUY HERE
Song writing, recording and production with Steve Forward
Concert : 41 YEARS LATER, Vers Pont du Gard, 18 August
'NAKED' Album by Benjaminn Zephaniah
Musicans credits
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NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE
JEREMY PLANK
MINI TOUR IN NORMANDY, FRANCE
10,11 and 12 June
V.I.P PRIVATE JAM SESSION
Friday 13 May
Mike & Steve Forward: Gtrs, Archie Arciero: Bass, Sal Bernardi: Harmonica, gtr and piano, Alain De Campos: Drums, Nico: Hammond
SAL BERNARDI - MIKE CAHEN DUO
CAVE CAFE. 134 rue Marcadet, Paris at 18h. Every third week of the month
'Greensleeves' with Duncan Mackay (Keyboards recorded at Melpro studios, Cape Town
Demo for Pistol Guitars.
'MALTI'. Instrumental, new mix
Gibson Kalamazoo Gal Irene Stearns 100 th Birthday video.
Contribution with Steve Johnson @ 46 min approx.
WWII GIBSON 'KALAMAZOO GALS" PROJECT UPDATE
Despite Covid related delays, and thanks to the persistence of Fretboard Magazine author John Thomas, the original home town of Gibson guitars is going to honour the last surviving 'Kalamazoo Gal', Irene Stearns who worked for Gibson during WWII for her 100th birthday by celebrating 'Irene Stearns' day on January 30 th... More to come.
The Japanese Cranes Wife
New Jazz - Blues Track
MIKE CAHEN JAZZ TRIO : ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE
Paris: 30 November- 1 December
SAL BERNARDI - MIKE CAHEN DUO
CONCERT: CAVE CAFE, Paris. 28 October
ALBERT KAHN MUSEUM
Voice overs: November
SAL BERNARDI - MIKE CAHEN DUO
CONCERT: CAVE CAFE, Paris. 24 October
MON BABY BLUES FESTIVAL
'40 YEARS LATER' REUNION GIG
SDINGANUFF
'Pete & Pat Projekt' by German sax legend Pete Tex and drummer Patrick Buchmann. Guested on Pete's Barn.
Sounds of the Past: The Rockman
'Pleasure Bubble Baby'
Lockdown Lucy featuring Duncan Mackay on Keyboards recorded at Melpro Studios, Cape Town, South Africa.
Guitar parts on Marten Ingle track.
Amaury Blanchard on drums, Steve Forward: production and guitars.
'Big Smoke': co-written with Marten Ingle for the experimental psychedelic album
'DEEP C WORLD'.
Steve York R.I.P
English bass player.
Steve and his wife Lisa were based in Mexico. His U.S medical insurance company went bankrupt and he could no longer pay for his cancer treatment...He'd set up a fund and I tried to see if he could get emergency assistance...then both he and Lisa caught Covid. Steve sent Lisa to the hospital to get oxygen treatment, knowing that they only had the funds left to pay for one of them. Upon her return, Lisa found Steve passed away with an empty box of painkillers beside him. We had plans to continue writing and recording tracks...'Waving Blues' is his last recording. During our conversations, I was always eager to hear his stories about the music business and life in general.
Steve's musical legacy can be heard on performances with:
Elkie Brooks, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr, Pete Townshend, Robert Palmer, Manfred Mann, Joan Armatrading, Gary Moore, Arthur Brown, Grace Jones, Adrian Legg, Chris Jagger, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dr John, Chuck Berry,Bo Diddley, Laura Branigan, Leiber & Stoller, The Drifters, The Platters, The Coasters, Rufus Thomas, Martha & the Vandellas, Shirelles, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe King Carrasco.
Check Steve's biog here: STEVE YORK.
'Waving Blues' with Steve York
THE WWII GIBSON GUITARS KALAMAZOO GALS
French T.V documentary featuring my friend John Thomas.
2020 Holy Grail Guitar Show, Berlin. Cancellation
Cancelled due to the Covid 19. I was going to host two symposiums on recording guitars with producer Steven Forward and a guitar demo for Matt Proctor from M-Tone Guitars. Tania Spalt, the event coordinator managed to save the day by setting up an online event.
Check the videos and links below :
M Tone Guitars. Holy Grail Couch Show
Recording Guitar. Producer Steve Forward and guitarist Mike Cahen
New album: Acoustic and Electric guitar compilation 1
Listen to the tracks here! Album Promo Player
Ina Forsman
Katarina Pejak
My Baby Blues Festival.
Performing with Ina Forsman and Katarina Pejak.
Cover design by : http://www.martney.com/
ALBUM RELEASE
Coast to Coast: 'Like an Angel' instrumental version. Speegra records.
Listen here! : Coast to Coast 'Like an Angel' Instrumental album
Rotosound strings endorsement
Thks to Jason How, Zack Frederick and Julien Carlier.
The Greyhound Guitars ST Custom guitar.
Acoustic duo gigs
Soundcheck with guitarist Pascal Corriu in Montpellier.
I've known Pascal since we met at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles.
Winnipeg Sights 202
'Lost in the forest with you'
The Holy Grail Guitar Show, Berlin
Demos for M Tone Guitars (U.S), Daguet Guitars (Fr), Ergon Guitars (P) and San Lorenzo Guitars (Fr)
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