Iker Piris - Solo (2020)

, energy and emotion, he responded patiently while hurrying the cigarette looking sideways at that white man who was trying to figure out the meaning of the word ..."

Iker Piris Born in Tolosa in 1979, he started playing the guitar himself at fourteen. His first approach with the Blues was through a friend who showed him the basic tricks on the guitar, in addition to three albums he heard: Guitar Watson´s "Witchcraft", B.B. King´s "Live at the Regal" and Robert Cray´s "False accusation". He has been playing since then, on stage since 1997. In June 2009 he finished his studies at the Basque Country Music Conservatory, Musikene.

From that same year until 2018, he leads the project The Romanticos. The band releases three albums: "My time" 2012, "Do it yourself" 2014, "Good vibrations" 2017.

Today, his partners in the crime are the French rhythm section formed by Abdell B. Bop (Nico Duportal, Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim, Duke Robillard) on double bass, and Andy Martin (Chris Ruest, Shawn Pittman) on drums, interpreting his new project: Iker Piris his Dual Electras. They have just recorded an album under the title of Electra "which is composed entirely of original songs and has guests such as harmonists Greg Izor, Nico Wayne Toussaint and Víctor Puertas al Piano.

Passionate about acoustic blues, he releases his first solo album under the title "Solo" in 2019.

He has shared the stage with artists such as Chris Ruest, Paul Orta, Blas Picón, with whom he published in 2015 the acoustic blues album "Heartbreackin men", Nico Wayne Toussaint, José Ramírez de Costa Rica, Greg Izor, Thomas Trousier, Melvin Davis, Jesse Dee, The Velvelettes, Kim Weston of the Motown label, Sheilah Cuffy, and others. He has played in Zacatecas Blues in Mexico, Festival Relache in Bourdeaux, Blues Festival of Lleida, Les Rendez-Vous De Lerdre in Nantes, Hondarribia, Puente Genil, Blues Festival of O Barco, Jazz Blues Festival of LHospitallet, to name a few .