Monday, July 30, 2012

The RudyMental Studio Tapes: Intermezzo - dedicated to Saro Liotta

Intermezzo - dedicated to Saro Liotta
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin





Intermezzo is a guitar instrumental I dedicate to Saro Liotta, one of the pioneers in the technique of fingerpicking guitar in Italy. I will never forget the first time I saw him in Turin, in the late seventies of last century. I have to say his music was absolutely new for me and I found it beautiful and fantastic. I bought all of his LPs and I still have on tape his L'Attesa, which is, in my opinion, one of the best expressions of fingerstyle guitar I have experienced in my life.

Way Out West 2012 Aug 09– Aug 11, 2012

Way Out West 2012
Aug 09– Aug 11, 2012
Göteborg, (Gothenburg) Sweden (Slottsskogen)


Way Out West is a three-day music festival held in Gothenburg, Sweden during August that plays host to a variety of popular music artists mainly from the rock, electronic and hip-hop genres.

Flow Festival 2012 Aug 08– Aug 12, 2012

Flow Festival 2012
Aug 08– Aug 12, 2012
Helsinki, Finland (Suvilahti)


Flow Festival is a music and arts festival in Helsinki, Finland. The next, ninth edition of the festival will be organized on 8–12 August, 2012. The music presented at Flow is a strong and varied selection of up and coming and established artists from indie-rock to soul and jazz and from folk to contemporary club sounds, both from the Finnish and the international scene.

Scott Ouellette Solo Guitarist

Scott Ouellette

Solo Guitarist



Scott Ouellette is a professional solo guitarist living in Massachusetts. His desire to play solo guitar was magnified after hearing a recording of various classical guitarists such as Christopher Parkening, John Williams, and the great Andres Segovia.

Oya Festival 2012 Aug 07– Aug 11, 2012 Oslo, Norway (Medieval Park)

Oya Festival 2012 
Aug 07– Aug 11, 2012
Oslo, Norway (Medieval Park)


Øya is a boutique festival held in the Medieval Park in Oslo, a beautiful spot surrounded by the Oslo fjord to the south, the Ekeberg Hill to the east, and the ever-expanding Oslo skyline to the west. On the premises you’ll find, among other things, the ruins of the Maria Church, dating back to the 11th century. The Medieval Park is also the place where the capital of Norway was founded a thousand years ago.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

The RudyMental Studio Tapes: A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops

A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin







A Simple Ballo for Curly Tops is an instrumental tune I composed for Olivia, AKA Babu,
[ ба́бу ], a little great friend of mine.

Green Man Festival 2012 Aug 17– Aug 19, 2012

Green Man Festival 2012
Aug 17– Aug 19, 2012
Beacons, Wales (Glanusk Park)





The Green Man Festival is an independent music festival held annually in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. It has evolved from a one-day, 300 capacity event in 2003, to a three-day festival with live music including psych, folk, indie, dance and Americana across five stages, as well as DJs playing everything from dub-reggae to electro and stoner rock, throughout the night.

Wilderness Festival 2012 Aug 10– Aug 12, 2012

Wilderness Festival 2012
Aug 10– Aug 12, 2012
Oxfordshire, England (Cornbury Park)




Wilderness Festival is a pioneering new festival of music, food, learning, literature and rejuvenation. Set amongst the lakes, forests, and parkland of Oxfordshire’s exquisite Cornbury Estate, Wilderness is an inspirational weekend for all the ages.

Friday, July 27, 2012

The RudyMental Studio Tapes: C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent)

C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent)
Recorded @ the RudyMental Studio in Turin







C'Rage (Ocean & a Continent) is an instrumental tune I composed thinking of huge distances or great challenges, the most difficult to overcome. For this reason I thought of vast oceans and continents, which are still a metaphor of the obstacles that each of us faces every day in real life.

Montelago Celtic Night August 3 at 3:00pm until August 5 at 6:00am

Montelago Celtic Festival X
Altopiano di Colfiorito, loc. Taverne di Serravalle (MC)
August 3 at 3:00pm until August 5 at 6:00am



Il decennale del Festival druidico dell'Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano.
Tante sono le iniziative che animano i due giorni di festa sull’altopiano di Colfiorito.
Una vera e propria full immersion nel mondo della cultura celtica: si va dal furor gallico dei tradizionali giochi celtici, con tiro alla fune, lancio della pietra e del tronco, al mitico torneo di rugby a 7 Flowers of Montelago, dagli stages musico-coreutici

The Canadian Guitar Festival

The Canadian Guitar Festival
3060 Sydenham Rd Elginburg Ontario Canada 
Friday August 3 2012


Situated in Loughbrough Lake Holiday Park (neighbours include Doug Gilmour and Dan Aykroyd), the Canadian Guitar Festival has grown into a 3 day family event. Rent a wave runner or pontoon boat, pitch a tent, park your RV, chill on the beach, join a free guitar workshop or romp with the kids in the playground... you have 48 acres to explore. 

Osheaga Festival 2012 Aug 03– Aug 05


Osheaga Festival 2012 
Aug 03– Aug 05
Montreal, Quebec (Parc Jean-Drapeau)




Osheaga is a unique and eclectic music and arts festival staged in the breath-taking environs of Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Sainte-Hélène, an island of tranquility set in the middle of the bustle of one of North America’s most exciting cities. The festival was inaugurated in 2006 with the intention of offering a world-class European-style festival to Canadians and to showcase Montreal’s acclaimed local talent alongside some of the industry’s biggest names.