Pierre Bensusan boasts having played more than 3,000 concerts over the last four decades. The French-Algerian guitarist is known for a fingerpicking style based on the alternative guitar tuning known ...

Without a shadow of a doubt, Pierre Bensusan is a 24-carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene. Pierre is now so adept at DADGAD tuning that he has adopted it as an 'alternate standard tuning', ...

Back in 1974, a young Pierre Bensusan was cutting his teeth as a performer on the folk scene in Paris when one of his idols, banjo great Bill Keith, offered him his first official paying gig playing ...

His tour schedule includes stops in San Diego, Santa Monica, Calif., Santa Barbara, Calif., Eugene and Portland in Oregon as well as Seattle. But Pierre Bensusan’s upcoming concert and guitar ...

Among several facets Pierre Bensusan brings into play on the guitar are the influences he has absorbed and the technical skills he brings to bear. The latter sees him use fingertapping and harmonics, ...

Chattanooga Times Free Press entertainment reporter Casey Phillips spoke Algerian-born French guitar guru Pierre Bensusan about how he discovered the DADGAD tuning, what drives his stylistic ...

The Top 3 Lehigh Valley area concerts this week are chock full of award-winning artists from across the globe. A boogie-blues band transplanted from London to the US over 50 years ago; a self-taught ...

As part of his 50th anniversary North American “One Guitar-One Voice” tour, multi-award winning acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan will perform at 7:30 p.m. June 11 at the ...

Highly-acclaimed French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and composer Pierre Bensusan, nicknamed "Mr. DADGAD", has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. On this long-awaited ...

French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan is excited to once again tour North America. In early 2020, he began his USA tour but unfortunately a fledgling pandemic ...

“This is beautiful… Pierre is one of the greats!!!” – Tommy Emmanuel Cgp. “Pierre Bensusan’s music is a true inspiration.” – Suzanne Vega French-Algerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and ...

Pierre Bensusan is a French- Algerian guitarist. His family came from Spain, Spanish Morocco and French Algeria. His CDs include Pres de Paris (released 1975), 2 (released 1977), Solilai (released ...