The RudyMental Studio Tapes: Intermezzo - dedicated to Saro Liotta

Intermezzo - dedicated to Saro Liotta
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin

Intermezzo is a guitar instrumental I dedicate to Saro Liotta, one of the pioneers in the technique of fingerpicking guitar in Italy. I will never forget the first time I saw him in Turin, in the late seventies of last century. I have to say his music was absolutely new for me and I found it beautiful and fantastic. I bought all of his LPs and I still have on tape his L'Attesa, which is, in my opinion, one of the best expressions of fingerstyle guitar I have experienced in my life.

Way Out West 2012 Aug 09– Aug 11, 2012

Way Out West 2012
Aug 09– Aug 11, 2012
Göteborg, (Gothenburg) Sweden (Slottsskogen)

Way Out West is a three-day music festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden during August that plays host to a variety of popular music artists mainly from the rock, electronic and hip-hop genres.

Flow Festival 2012 Aug 08– Aug 12, 2012

Flow Festival 2012
Aug 08– Aug 12, 2012
Helsinki, Finland (Suvilahti)

Flow Festival is a music and arts festival in Helsinki, Finland. The next, ninth edition of the festival will be organized on 8–12 August, 2012. The music presented at Flow is a strong and varied selection of up and coming and established artists from indie-rock to soul and jazz and from folk to contemporary club sounds, both from the Finnish and the international scene.

Scott Ouellette Solo Guitarist

Scott Ouellette

Solo Guitarist

Scott Ouellette is a professional solo guitarist living in Massachusetts. His desire to play solo guitar was magnified after hearing a recording of various classical guitarists such as Christopher Parkening, John Williams, and the great Andres Segovia.

Oya Festival 2012 Aug 07– Aug 11, 2012 Oslo, Norway (Medieval Park)

Oya Festival 2012 
Aug 07– Aug 11, 2012
Oslo, Norway (Medieval Park)

Øya is a boutique festival held in the Medieval Park in Oslo, a beautiful spot surrounded by the Oslo fjord to the south, the Ekeberg Hill to the east, and the ever-expanding Oslo skyline to the west. On the premises you’ll find, among other things, the ruins of the Maria Church, dating back to the 11th century. The Medieval Park is also the place where the capital of Norway was founded a thousand years ago.

The RudyMental Studio Tapes: A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops

A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin

 

A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops is an instrumental tune I composed for Olivia, AKA Babu,

[ ба́бу ], a little great friend of mine.

Green Man Festival 2012 Aug 17– Aug 19, 2012

Green Man Festival 2012

Aug 17– Aug 19, 2012

Beacons, Wales (Glanusk Park)

The Green Man Festival is an independent music festival held annually in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. It has evolved from a one-day, 300 capacity event in 2003, to a three-day festival with live music including psych, folk, indie, dance and Americana across five stages, as well as DJs playing everything from dub-reggae to electro and stoner rock, throughout the night.

Wilderness Festival 2012 Aug 10– Aug 12, 2012

Wilderness Festival 2012

Aug 10– Aug 12, 2012

Oxfordshire, England (Cornbury Park)

Wilderness Festival is a pioneering new festival of music, food, learning, literature and rejuvenation. Set amongst the lakes, forests, and parkland of Oxfordshire’s exquisite Cornbury Estate, Wilderness is an inspirational weekend for all the ages.

The RudyMental Studio Tapes: C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent)

C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent)
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin

C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent) is an instrumental tune I composed thinking of huge distances or great challenges, the most difficult to overcome. For this reason I thought of vast oceans and continents, which are still a metaphor of the obstacles that each of us faces every day in real life.

Montelago Celtic Night August 3 at 3:00pm until August 5 at 6:00am

Montelago Celtic Festival X
Altopiano di Colfiorito, loc. Taverne di Serravalle (MC)

August 3 at 3:00pm until August 5 at 6:00am

Il decennale del Festival druidico dell'Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano.
Tante sono le iniziative che animano i due giorni di festa sull’altopiano di Colfiorito.
Una vera e propria full immersion nel mondo della cultura celtica: si va dal furor gallico dei tradizionali giochi celtici, con tiro alla fune, lancio della pietra e del tronco, al mitico torneo di rugby a 7 Flowers of Montelago, dagli stages musico-coreutici

The Canadian Guitar Festival

The Canadian Guitar Festival

3060 Sydenham Rd Elginburg Ontario Canada 

Friday August 3 2012

Situated in Loughbrough Lake Holiday Park (neighbours include Doug Gilmour and Dan Aykroyd), the Canadian Guitar Festival has grown into a 3 day family event. Rent a wave runner or pontoon boat, pitch a tent, park your RV, chill on the beach, join a free guitar workshop or romp with the kids in the playground... you have 48 acres to explore. 

Osheaga Festival 2012 Aug 03– Aug 05

Osheaga Festival 2012 

Aug 03– Aug 05

Montreal, Quebec (Parc Jean-Drapeau)

Osheaga is a unique and eclectic music and arts festival staged in the breath-taking environs of Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, an island of tranquility set in the middle of the bustle of one of North America’s most exciting cities. The festival was inaugurated in 2006 with the intention of offering a world-class European-style festival to Canadians and to showcase Montreal’s acclaimed local talent alongside some of the industry’s biggest names.

Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Ottawa Bluesfest 2012

Jul 04– Jul 15, 2012
Ottawa, Ontario (Lebreton Flats Park)
Multiple configurations available

The Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest is an annual outdoor music festival that takes place each July in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. While ostensibly focused on blues, the festival has increasingly showcased mainstream pop and rock acts in recent years. The Bluesfest has become the largest blues festival in Canada, and the second largest in North America.

Open'er Festival 2012

Open'er Festival 2012

Jul 04– Jul 07, 2012
Gdynia, Poland (Babie Doly Airfield)
410 PLN (4-Day w/ camping)

The Heineken Open'er Festival is the largest Polish open-air music and performing arts festival. The total area of the festival in Babie Doly airfield makes 75 hectares of space for one to explore and contains 7 stages, around 120 artists, festival town with merchandising area, gastronomic zones, camp site, beach, sea and sun, space for sports activities and multimedia, NGO, films, theaters and performances.

Rock in Rio Madrid Jun 30– Jul 07, 2012

Rock in Rio Madrid 2012

Jun 30– Jul 07, 2012
Madrid, Spain

Rock in Rio is a series of rock festivals held in Brazil and later in Portugal and Spain. The Spanish iteration takes place on June 30th and July 6-7th.
About the Festival: a global event thought as a huge instrument for mobilitation and sensibilisation in order to build a better world, un mundo mejor.

High Sierra Music Festival 2012: Jul 05– Jul 08, 2012

High Sierra Music Festival 2012

Jul 05– Jul 08, 2012
Quincy, California

High Sierra Music Festival is a multi-day music festival held in Quincy, California, a mountainous area about 80 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The festival is held each year the weekend of July 4th. The four-day festival features an eclectic mix ...

Wavefront: Beachside Music Festival 2012

Wavefront: Beachside Music Festival 2012

Jun 30– Jul 01, 2012
Chicago, Illinois (Montrose Beach)
$89 (2-Day); $199 (VIP)

Wavefront: Beachside Music Festival will hold its inaugural edition from June 30th to July 1st at Montrose Beach in Chicago.
Wavefront Music Festival is a 2-day early summer (June 30-July 1) beachfront music event that follows in the tradition of the great summer fests in Chicago, taking advantage of the warm weather and the city as a destination for thrill seekers nationwide.

Rock Werchter 2012: Jun 28– Jul 01, 2012

Rock Werchter 2012

Jun 28– Jul 01, 2012
Werchter, Belgium
195 € (4-Day); 79 € (1-Day)

One of Europe's biggest music festivals, Rock Werchter has been held in the village of Werchter, Belgium since 1974. The lineup is traditionally a balanced mix of large well known artists (among the others: Lana Del Rey, Selah Sue, Anna Calvi, Beirut, Blink 182), popular crowd-pleasing acts and local Belgian coming acts.

Hove Festival 2012: Jun 26– Jun 29, 2012

Hove Festival 2012

Jun 26– Jun 29, 2012
Arendal, Norway (Tromøy)
2250.00 NOK (4-Day Pass w/ camping))

The Hove Festival (Norwegian: Hovefestivalen) is a music festival held on the island Tromøy outside of Arendal in southern Norway. As with other Festival Republic events, there are no age restrictions, and children under the age of 12 are admitted free of charge.

Music & Movies: The Commitments, 1991

The Commitments, 1991
Ireland, UK, USA
Alan Parker

The Commitments is the story of an Irish soul band established after a wedding party in Dublin. Soon the band acquires a solid audience but, as the personalities of its members grow along with their performances, the spirit that originally animated the group changes progressively and all good things will sadly come to an end.