Tony Cox - Blue Anthem (2024)

Tony Cox's SAMA award-winning album 2008 for 'best instrumental' is another powerful recording from Cox, this time in collaboration with Benguela, a trio from Cape Town who have an almost cultish following.

Putting Tony Cox together with Benguela was a terrific idea. He's not only a blindingly good acoustic guitarist, he also has the musical sense to harness all that technique in generally interesting directions, which is not necessarily inevitable among technicians this accomplished.