The "Across The Pond Guitar Festival" brings together musicians from Europe, Canada and New Orleans.
The festival has been expanded to include concerts in Amsterdam in 2023 and 2024, as well as in Atlanta, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and New Orleans.
A trio is forming for the 2025 edition: guitar virtuosos Gavino Loche from Italy, Adrian Raso from Canada and Jimmy Robinson from New Orleans.
Gavino Loche is an award-winning acoustic guitar phenomenon. "Gavino sounds like two really great guitarists playing together, creating percussive sounds, tapping and incredible fingerstyle arrangements". (Chitarra Acustica)
Adrian Raso plays a unique blend of gypsy jazz and rockabilly on acoustic and electric guitars. His playing encompasses everything from Django Reinhardt and flamenco to decades of Americana.
"Adrian's playing will grab you and never let go, absolutely addictive" (World Music Cenral)
Jimmy Robinson is a veteran guitarist who performs as a soloist and integrates his own intricate compositions. "Talent, emotion and plain old musicianship - nothing short of brilliant.
(Huffington Post)