International Guitar Festival 2024 | Vicki Genfan
Save to CalendarSt Helier Methodist Centre
Sat, 9th Nov, 2024, 19:30 - 21:30
“If I could play like Vicki, I’d stay home and entertain myself.” Steve Vai Vicki Genfan's unforgettable evening of folk, jazz, pop, and world music! Powerful percussive ‘slap-tap’ acoustic technique using 29 alternate tunings, with soulful vocals that captivate audiences worldwide. Touring from the USA, Vicki Genfan is an artist whose music reaches out and touches the soul of all who hear her. Playing her own percussive technique of “slap-tap” acoustic guitar, Vicki Genfan has been showcased as one of the world’s top guitarists at festivals such as The International Montreal Jazz Festival, Germany’s Open Strings Guitar Festival, Italy’s Soave Guitar Festival and hundreds of venues and Performing Arts Centers across the US and abroad. Set 1: New Grass | One by One | Norwegian Wood (Lennon & McCartney) | Joy | 'Cause of You Groovin (Young Rascals) | Atomic Reshuffle Set 2: Si | Offerings | Long Train Running (Doobie Brothers) | Blow Out That Flame | Let it Rain | What's Going On (Marvin Gaye) | Impossinova Drawing from folk, jazz, pop, soul and world music, Vicki redefines ‘singer/songwriter culture.’ With a mastery of the acoustic guitar that borders on pure alchemy, audiences are mesmerized by the waves of sound Vicki creates with just two hands and her voice. Using 29 alternate tunings and the percussive technique she calls ‘slap-tap’, you’ll find the addition of her pure, expressive vocals that dig deep and stir the heart to be the perfect accompaniment on many of her songs.