Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs is a British musician who operating as a solo artist as well as in cooperation with others, and who may point to a highly varied as well as successful output. He has been resident in Glasgow since the early 1990s. The list of his numerous publications begins with the album “Advent”, dating from 1990. While his main instrument is the guitar, he is also known for making use of a wide range of other instruments. In a review of his CD “Festival”, from 1996, the journal Melody Maker characterized him as the “grandmaster of contemporary British improvisation, spiritual son of Eddie Prevost and Maddy Prior; a gentle arranger of English “hymn-notics” and religious incantations; protégé, challenger and radicalizer of folk, blues, rock, minimalism and improvisation.”

[2012]