Hometown: Brighton, UK
Website: www.lee-westwood.com
Sounds Like: Ravel, Debussy, Pierre Bensusan, Tommy Emmanuel, Paco de lucía
Genre: Folk
Lee Westwood is both a solo performer and a composer for solo/duo and ensemble works. As a guitarist Lee dedicates much of his time to the tuning DADGAD, allowing for fresh sounds and techniques, and exploits the instrument's many facets to create eclectic modern lullabies for the acoustic guitar. His music draws influences from European Folk traditions, Jazz, and from Classical Romanticism and Impressionism.
"...an astonishing acoustic guitar talent, Lee Westwood presents his very own approach to music. Lee surely impresses as a guitar player and composer, as well as with his new album 'To Sleep'. Check him out!"
Henk de Veldhuis - Bridge Guitar Reviews
"Thank goodness for Lee Westwood, whose 'To Sleep (Farewell Songs)' will have guitar players giving up in despair and the rest of us delighted. Very rarely is technical wizardry on an instrument used to say something that otherwise could not be said. Lee manages that and it's a pleasure to hear. One man, an acoustic and (apparently) four hundred thousand fingers."
Giles Duffy - Rocks Magazine
" A breath of fresh air, indispensable..."
J.V - Guitarra Total
"...he'll be a name to know in the future if he keeps this up: remember you heard it here first!"
Guitar & Bass
"...a brilliantly talented young artist, with a broad palette of styles mixed seamlessly together on this album...anyone with an appreciation for the fusion of ideas should love ‘To Sleep’.”
Sam Wise - Acoustic Magazine
" Westwood... sounds as if he's been composing and playing for 50 years... This artist has already accomplished much and apparently is still growing exponentially."
Fred Kraus - Minor 7th
"...an emerging acoustic instrumentalist with blazing technique, ensuring the fingerpicking tradition remains in safe hands."
Owen Bailey - Guitarist Magazine
"...one of the UK's most exciting and versatile musicians."
Keith Aimes - MU
"Westwood is prodigiously talented and able to create musical landscapes that are abstract, yet always energetic."
Patrick Regains - Minor 7th