21st October 2015: Review round up for Mikkel Ploug’s At Black Tornado plus video from Danish TV appearance and details of solo appearance with the Royal Ballet.
Danish Guitarist Mikkel Ploug has been in the Danish national press and on TV due to his unique practice routine (see video left).
Here’s a link to the newspaper article (see) and to see Mikkel’s TV appearance with more examples of him practicing click: here
Mikkel will be playing solo guitar with the Royal Ballet at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on 22nd and 27th October, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 11th and 18th November and 1st December. For details or tickets click: here
Meanwhile recent release At Black Tornado (scroll down to hear a full track) has been enthusiastically received by the European music press and the latest highlights are printed below:
“Guitarist Ploug’s trio session has a talkative style that’s plenty charismatic… rich textures and sharp melodicism keep the ear riveted throughout… occasional flourishes of folk-rock are a nice touch.”
Bird Is The Worm (website)
“A Danish guitarist with a sound partly reminiscent of Mark Ribot, his country-blues-ish twang is written all over this likeable, long-standing trio recording of his originals.”
JazzTimes (website)
“Everything flows and as a result of a decade of existence of the trio is perfectly interlocked. Ploug has been one of the favorites of guitar nerds and certain magazines, now he should also be perceived beyond.”
Leipziger Volkszeitung (website)
“Definitely worth listening to for people who think they have heard everything.”
Musik Reviews (website)
“Quiet, prudent and careful, very harmonious and relaxed… much elegance is on broadcast… independent and original.”
Musik An Sich (website)
”It’s rare to hear a trio where the acoustic bass pulsates with such warmth, drums play so unpretentiously and refined yet at the same time with such strong rhythm, and guitar plays with such grace.”
Saarbrücker Zeitung (website)
”Music full of inspiration and self-confidence.”
Sol (DE) (website)
”An emotional trip.”
HiFi & Records (website)
“Vibrant, interesting music.”
Jazz NYT (DK) (Blog)
“Presents the fun, commonality and connection in groove of the three musicians who have toured extensively as a unit the last decade on jazz stages worldwide.”
Rheinmain Magazine
”Mikkel Ploug from Copenhagen plays a nimble guitar, semi-acoustic, Gibson, vintage look. And this vintage impression runs pleasantly through the whole album recorded together with bassist Jeppe Skovbakke and Sean Carpio on drums.”
Sound And Image
”A unique album.”
Nachrichten
“The trio sounds as natural in the studio as on the live stage.”
Medien-Info
”A highly individual sound… the maximum economy executed without any note gluttony… A thoroughly enjoyable affair.”
Glicka
Here’s Comacina Dreaming from At Black Tornado