Ramon Goose


Ramon Goose is an English guitarist, singer and producer, known for his work with the West African Blues Project and the hip hop blues band NuBlues, for his mastery of the slide guitar, and for producing albums for American blues artists. As a solo artist he has toured across the world performing concerts and released several albums to critical acclaim.

Biography

Goose was born and raised in England influenced by Blues, Jazz and African music. He started out with British band NuBlues as guitarist, chief songwriter and producer. With NuBlues he made the album Dreams of a Blues Man and has toured all over Europe, with Eric Burdon, the Blind Boys of Alabama and others; performed with James Brown's bandleader Pee Wee Ellis; and worked with Chris Thomas King. After a short stint with American bluesman Eric Bibb, in 2006, Goose went on to produce, perform on and co-write critically acclaimed albums for other blues artists. His production for Mississippi blues artist Boo Boo Davis was voted Top Ten Blues Album in a MOJO magazine poll in 2006, and his production of Billy Jones —both on Black and Tan Records—also received accolades from critics. Recent projects have included an album with Senegalese music star Diabel Cissokho, and production of the second NuBlues album Snow on the Tracks;. Goose ended 2009 with a tour with his own band, including four performances at maximum security prisons to test his new material, which he released on the album Uptown Blues in 2011. He has continued touring with his world music/blues band and performing with artists such as Daby Touré, Noumoucounda Cissoko, Atongo Zimba & Algerian oud virtuoso Yazid Fentazi and English/Urdu singer Najma Akhtar. In 2010 Goose formed a side project, the West African Blues Project, to further explore the link between blues and African music. In summer of 2011 Goose met musician Jim Palmer backstage at WOMAD festival. where Palmer was performing with Baaba Maal. Joining with Modou Toure, Goose and Palmer formed the band Coconut Revolution; an album is expected in early 2013 from Coconut Revolution. In 2012 Goose started working on the Desert Rock, a unique musical project which evolved after he travelled to the Sahara and Dakar, combining his love of Berber and Mandinka rhythms and melodies with blues rock. In the summer of 2014 Goose showcased his new band, World Scatterings, which consists of a cast of musicians from around the world, drawing on elements of blues, folk and African music rhythms. In 2014 Goose will release his new album, Blues & Spirituals, on Acoustic Music Records. In 2016 Ramon accepted the rare opportunity to perform at Buckingham Palace. 2016 also sees a tour with The West African Blues Project across UK and Europe. Ramon Goose will release a new album entitled 'Long Road To Tiznit' which was recorded in Marrakech and London, was released on 25 August 2017.

Band lineup

Ramon Goose Trio
  • Ramon Goose, lead guitar, vocals
  • Eric Ford, drums
  • Ed Van Der Mark, bass guitar

Discography

Solo