Nancy J. Frank Productions Ltd.
Johannes
Linstead
September 16, 2009

From being named “Guitarist of the Year” in the 2007 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, to
winning three “best album” awards, to four top-ten charting albums, to top-ten radio airplay,
Johannes Linstead has become recognized internationally as one of best selling
guitarist/composers in the nouveau flamenco genre. Now with the release of his sixth album,
CAFE TROPICAL, Johannes once again let’s loose a fiesta of Spanish guitar magic
Johannes Linstead, one of Canada’s top guitarists, earned a nomination for the nation’s top
music prize, a Juno Award in the "Instrumental Album Of The Year" category, for his CD CAFÉ
TROPICAL. The Junos are Canada’s equivalent of a Grammy. This album also reached the #1
position on eMusic.com World Music Chart within the first week of its' release, and reached
the #4 poesition on the coveted Billboard music charts in the US. MEDITERRANEA (Sept. 2004)
shot straight to the Top Ten and reached the #6 position and was named "Best World Album"
in the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards. All of Johannes' CD have charted on Billboard and are
available around the world.

Johannes' live performances are nothing short of phenomenal. Bursting with tropical sounds,
audiences are moved to dance and clap along to his music. In concert, as on his recordings,
Johannes strives to create a festive mood, leaving plenty of room for lightning fast guitar
improvisations and spicy percussion solos, which include bongos, congas, timbale and
doumbek. Lively Latin and Mediterranean rhythms combined with Johannes' technical
virtuosity leave audiences breathless.
A hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, Johannes plays guitar, piano, mandolin, bouzouki,
bass, wood flute and various percussion. On his recordings he is backed by world-class
musicians from countries as diverse as Cuba, Columbia, Syria, Greece, Mexico, Russia,
Venezuela, the Ukraine and India.
Influenced deeply by the journeys he experienced as a youth, Johannes states: "The
integration of the many cultures I have experienced, from Spain, to the Caribbean Islands, to
Latin America, have moved me to create new rhythms and sounds. Experiencing these
cultures - not just the music but also the people's everyday triumph over adversity - is what
inspires my music."
Discography:
CAFE TROPICAL (April 25, 2006 - #4 on Billboard's New Age Chart, #1 on eMusic.com World
Music Chart)
MEDITERRANEA (September 2004 - #6 on Billboard's New Age Chart;
Winner "Best World Album" NAR Lifestyle Music Awards; #7 on NAR's
Top 100 Radio Airplay Chart for Sept.'04)
ZABUCA (2003 - 34 weeks on Billboard's New Age Chart, peak #8; NAR's Top
100 New Age Radio Airplay for 2003)
GUITARRA DEL FUEGO (2001 - 36 weeks on Billboard's New Age Chart, peak #6;
"Best Contemporary World Album" NAV Magazine; #8 on Billboard's Top Ten New
Age Indie Sales)
KISS THE EARTH (2000 - 9 weeks on Billboard's New Age Chart, peak #12)
SOL LUNA TIERRA (1999 - 3 weeks on Billboard's New Age Chart, peak #17)
Sanderson Centre
for the Performing Arts
88 Dalhousie
Brantford, Ontario


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