Regan

33 year old male, 22 years Guitar

Key skills: 

Free-thinker, Artist, Guitar, Vocal, Percussion, Drums, Keys, Song-Writer, Producer, Engineer

Work history: 

Artist/Singer Songwriter 1994 - present

Lead Guitarist, Cornerstone Roots 2004 – 2008

Liason for no.1 Japanese reggae/ska band ‘cool wise men’, (1st Japanese band to play at ‘big day out’ Oz & NZ)

Roots Music Tauranga 06’ - Director

Cornerstone Roots, Tour Director, Japan 05’

Musical Director, ‘Roots Music’ series, ‘He Kura Hip Hop’, ‘Horius MC’s Story’, Salty Productions/Flirt Media, Maori T.V, N.Z

Owner/Director/Producer of ‘Real Music Productions’ 02-04’ Gold Coast, Australia

Independent C.D Release 2003, ‘Caffe Reggio’, Guitar Duo, Real Music Productions, Australia

rubbed shoulders with..
Big Youth, Jimmy Cliff, The Wailers, Jose Feliciano, Xavier Rudd, John Butler, Michael Franti (spearhead), Donovan Frankenrieter, Third World and Arturo Sandoval..

Creative achievements: 

Wellington Toast Festival 08’

Raggamuffin 08’, 09’ (opened the Mai fm ‘roots stage’) Rotorua Stadium, NZ

Japan Tour 07' & 09' - Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Tokyo, Aichi,  Nagano, Hokkaido

Tauranga Jazz Festival 07’, 08’, 09’ (opened the maori stage) Tauranga, NZ

Scallop Festival 08’, Cormandel, NZ

Hamilton Gardens 08’, Hamilton, NZ

Waitangi Day 09’, Whareroa Reserve, Mount Maunganui, NZ

First Acoustic Roots Harvest Tour 08’, with Hani Totorewa (Katchafire), NZ

Waitangi Day, Mission Bay 08’, NZ

Parihaka Peace Fest 08’, 09’ NZ

Sound Splash 05’ 06’ 07’ 08’, Raglan, N.Z

Mission Bay Jazz & Blues Fest 07’, Mission Bay, Auckland, NZ

Matakana Mountain 07’, Matakana, Auckland, NZ

Pahutukawa Festival 07’, 08’, Tairua NZ

East Coast Blues & Roots Fest 06’, Byron Bay, Australia  

Womad presents Jimmy Cliff 06’,  Taranaki, N.Z

Radio Active 89FM One Love 06’, Wellington, N.Z

BFM Radio Albert Park 06’, Auckland, N.Z

Kaikoura Roots, 05’ 06’, Kaikoura, N.Z

Xavier Rudd 06’, Adelaide, Perth, Australia

Aichi Expo 05’, Nagoya, Japan

Suma Beach Fest 05’, Kobe, Japan

Good Vibrations 05’, Kobe, Japan

Humany Earthy 05’, Hayama, Japan

Rhythm & Vines 05’, Gisborne, N.Z

Dub Conspiracy Tour 05’, N.Z

Valley Fest 02’ 03’ 04’, Brisbane, Australia

Woodford Folk Fest 03’, Australia

Reviews: 

Gaylene Martin
Ex- Island Records:

“Wonderful!” - “early Wailers with a Pacific tinge”

Mike Nielsen
London producer (Jamiroquai, U2, Bjork):

“A great songwriter and a truly unique sound”,  “totally unique”

Laughton Kora
Lead singer – KORA:

“Regan is the blackest white man in the industry”

Liam Ryan
Bay Of Plenty Times, The Narks:

“Regan’s relentless energy, wicked lyrics and infectious acoustic reggae/flamenco/gypsy guitar playing!” “Regan is fast becoming one of the great music dynasties in NZ Music”.

LUI
Lead Singer/Lead Guitarist, Dubsensemania, Japan:
“Musical Genius”

Theo Bennett
Global Citizen Inc, USA:
“A rare embodiment of real music”, “One of the last real musicians”

Rick Cranson
Drummer, Little Bushman:
“It is an honor to work with this man”

Logan Bell
Lead Singer, Katchafire:
“Awesome!”

References: 

Adee Keil - ADK Entertanment

adkeil@slingshot.co.nz

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