Biography

Guitarist Paul Banks, winner of the Danish music award for best folk songwriter of 2001, is actually a Colorado boy. He has been living in Denmark since 1961, and began issuing recordings in that country's small and heavily taxed recording industry in the late '70s. As a sideman, Banks has worked with more than 100 different Scandinavian outfits, the wide range of styles involved also apparent in the music the guitarist creates himself. A blend of blues, gospel, jazz, ragtime, ... Read more