AMEN VIANA
Born in the tiny nation of Togo, Amen rose quickly to the heights of the West African music scene before blazing his way across the Mediterranean to establish himself in France. His virtuosic guitar playing, which has unmistakable echoes of Hendrix, quickly established his reputation amongst touring international acts and saw him invited to play alongside artists such as Keziah Jones, the Black-Eyed Peas, Vieux Farka Touré, and Indila.
As a guitarist, he is renowned for his uncanny ability to adapt himself to all musical genres – accompanying jazz singers such as China Moses and Lisa Simone, Rappers and Slam poets Akua Naru and La Fouine, Carribean artists including BelO and Calypso Rose, and ‘World’ musicians such as Angelique Kidjo, Aziz Samahoui and Cheick Tidiane Seck. He has played at Festivals all over the world, from Montreal Jazz Festival in Canada to Rock on Rio in Brazil to the Taragalte Festival in the middle of the Sahara Desert.