Gwenifer Raymond in Lisbon

Gwenifer Raymond is a Welsh guitarist and composer from Cardiff who writes instrumental folk music for acoustic guitar and banjo. Her intricate fingerstyle playing draws on the American primitive guitar tradition associated with John Fahey and Robbie Basho; her principal albums include You Never Were Much of a Dancer and Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain. Gwenifer Raymond performs these compositions solo, moving between guitar and banjo. Her concert history includes appearances at Green Man Festival in Wales and Le Guess Who? in Utrecht, while her US festival work has included Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival.