Antoine Dufour
Antoine Dufour is emerging as one of Canada’s young stars of acoustic, fingerstyle guitar. With a recent CD of original material that was released to critical acclaim, along with appearances and awards at major festivals, Antoine is building a national reputation for innovation and creativity. He will be touring across Canada in 2006 as a member of the International Guitar Night, an all-star evening of the best original guitarists/composers in North America.
Dufour was born in the little town of l’Epiphane, near Montreal. He started playing guitar at the age of 15. He studied at the CEGEP of Joliette, where his teacher made him listen to Leo Kottke, Don Ross and Michael Hedges. His life and his vision of the guitar changed, and since then he has been completely devoted to fingerstyle steel string guitar. His musical style is a mix of the powerful rhythms of rock, the sensibility of classical music, a funky groove, and a pure folk melody.
Dufour recently played at the 2005 Montreal Jazz Festival and at the 2005 Canadian Guitar Festival, where he was awarded 2 nd prize in the Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. He has appeared in concert and given workshops throughout Quebec, produced a video in Fall 2003, and released his 2 nd CD in 2004. Dufour’s style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, “The acoustic guitar is an instrument which has a very rich sound, and offers infinite possibilities to the player.
Antoine Dufour : Existence
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Antoine Dufour's third solo cd, Existence, is his best yet by far, with epic compositions that break ground on the instrument and move more towards a progressive rock sound than displayed on his first two CDs, Naissance and Development. Dufours style continues to develop, bounded only by his imagination and his technical dexterity. As he says, "The acoustic guitar is an instrument which has a very rich sound, and offers infinite possibilities to the player."
Antoine Dufour : Development
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Antoine Dufour releases his second solo cd on Candyrat Records. Development is a continuation of the journey he started with his first solo cd, Naissance. The cd is a mostly a solo affair with the exception of two duets with friend and fiddle player Tommy Gauthier.
Antoine Dufour : Naissance
Solo Acoustic Guitar (Bass, Fiddle, & Percussion)
Antoine Dufours’ thirteen original compositions come to life on this CD. Naissance (Birth) is a fitting title for this CD as it is his first completely original and solo project. The CD is receiving critical acclaim and along with appearances and awards at major festivals, Antoine is building a National reputation for innovation and creativity.
Andy McKee : Antoine Dufour : DVD
DVD
The DVD is pack with sixteen songs, eight each from both Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour, many of the YouTube favorites and some new and unreleased performance as well. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world)
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 1
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Naissance
Scratch
Trilogy
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 2
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Glimmer of Hope
No Name for Love
Development
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 3
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Memories of the Future
Spiritual Groove
Inspirations
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 4
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
You and I
Mother
The Heart of the Matter
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 5
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Song for Stephen
30 Minutes in London
Reality
Antoine Dufour : Transcriptions Set 6
This download comes with three songs in MP3 format and matching (Standard Notation & Guitar Tab Format) transcriptions in Adobe PDF and Guitar-Pro formats for the following songs:
Ashes in the Sea
Catching the Light
Into Your Heart