Jacques Stotzem - Catch The Spirit

With each new production, fans, colleagues and critics are all equally amazed at the fascinating musicality of this congenial Belgian artist, whose skillful guitar style, sensitivity for melody and fine temperament place him amongst the outstanding fingerstyle guitarists today.
On his latest album, “Catch The Spirit”, Stotzem interprets only those musicians who inspired him and whose compositions have long fascinated him. There is Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”, for example, which has become a fixture at his concerts, or U2’s rock hymn “With Or Without You”, which he imbues with a new life by means of some gentle flageolets. And there is Sting’s chart-breaker “Flames Of Gold”, which he succeeds in filling with fascinating elegance. Jacques Stotzem uses lots of imagination, passion and dedication to tap into a rich treasure trove of musical experience and generate new sounds from well-known rock and pop classics.