Moods and TalesEver since his teen years, Alexander Makay has greatly admired the guitar technique of Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler. This fascination prompted him to take up the electric guitar himself. After a short crossover project From Vivaldi to Dire Straits (2015), he founded his own Dire Straits tribute bands: first Compressions (2013), then The Str8ts (2019).
In 2023, Alexander felt the urge to start writing his own songs. This led to the song cycle Moods and Tales. The influence of Mark Knopfler’s style of playing is very imminent and covers a wide range of emotions. Alexander moves his audience both with vulnerable love ballads as with enthralling guitar solos. The songs exhibit Alexander’s craftsmanship as an experienced and multifaceted composer; they are all skilfully harmonised and contain a lot of catchy motifs that are not easily forgotten.
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SettingListening concert. Cultural centres, theatre halls, songwriting festivals, 70s & 80s, blues-pop...
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LiveAlexander presents the songs in an intimate trio setting together with Ghislain Vandewalle (keys) and Gijs Hollebosch (lap steel, ...).
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ConcertsAlexander will tour with Moods & Tales, an extensive live set from the EP album Mountains All Around, from January ‘24.
Have a look in the agenda for coming concerts. |
Released music
Listen to ‘I didn’t need to know her name’ here:
Downloads
Download the entire press kit (pdf) here: