Album Notes

Highlights, 2006

2006 saw Spanish Flamenco guitarist Ricardo Garcia performing on four continents, travelling most of the year. From Cambodia to Canada, Brighton to Bangkok, Montreal, Paris, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Washington, several Scottish dates and Cape Town, South Africa.

Ricardo played a residency in New Jersey in May 2006 at The State Theatre, New Brunswick, culminating in a concert for over 1200, and he has expanded his links with the USA during this year, playing six shows in San Francisco in September and a series of private evenings in Washington in November, 2006.
Seven shows have been confirmed in Orlando in May 2007.

It's been a year of sell out shows and five star reviews. He has played in schools, prisons, hospitals, community centres; performed in the Edinburgh Fringe opening party, "Lunch with the Hamiltons", participated on the CD "Set Luna" by Julia Sarr and Pat Larose with Mino Cinelu ( Ricardo says playing with Mino is "a dream come true!"). On the same CD as Youssou N' Dour, Jean Philippe Rykiel, Tafa Cissé and Laiti Mbaye - the launch was in Paris in November 2005.

Outreach for the Edinburgh Fringe 2006, guitar masterclasses and childrens' workshops in the USA, the UK and Cambodia - 2006....more booked for 2007.

Already for next year there are plans for more time in Montreal, Washington, Vancouver, Assembly Rooms in the Edinburgh Fringe. Orlando in May. Further shows in Cape Town, in Cambodia, in Bangkok....

Caffè Nero has sponsored Ricardo since November 2004 in various ways and play his music regularly in over 200 cafés nationwide. He was their featured artist in August for the second time.

The release of his third CD "Flamenco con Fusion" will be celebrated with an official launch series of shows planned for early 2007.


Festivals, etc

Ricardo has performed in his own shows in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for six years. Last year he played in The Assembly Rooms as well as in the C Venues. Between these two shows and his children's participation show, he performed 55 shows last August, with a performance scheduled in the Ignite series in the Royal Albert Hall in mid month.

June and July saw him touring four Fringe Festivals in Canada: Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Winnipeg - a total of 26 scheduled performances, gleaning five star revews in each city and sell outs as each run came to an end.

Other festivals include the San Francisco Fringe, with Vancouver Fringe a year ago, and Orlando confirmed for May 2007.

Ricardo speaks fluent English and French as well as Spanish and is at home giving workshops and masterclasses to all ages and levels of participant.
For further biographical information refer to the pages linked to Ricardo's previous CD "Flamenco Flow".