Gregory “Greg” Emonet is a self-taught guitarist, composer, arranger and producer, born in 1976 in the Haute-Savoie region of France.

Greg started learning to play by strumming his parents’ folk guitar. At 12, he discovered the electric guitar and immediately fell for its powerful, sexy sound. He got into punk, its ideologies and authenticity and formed a Punk Rock band with friends then other bands playing Reggae, Funk and Hip-Hop.

When he was 17, Cheikh, a close musician friend, introduced him to Fela Kuti’s music. This is Greg’s eureka moment. He and Cheikh spend hours listening to the Blues and West African music and he quickly opens up to other styles: Soul, Jazz, World…

In 2001, he meets Dominique Sablier (Pianist for Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amina and Toure Kunda) who initiates him into the Paris African Music network. Greg arrives in Paris in 2002 and launches his professional career, first with Hass Keïta then Kizito, Seyni & Yeliba, Ismaël Wonder, Djip, etc.

Greg has been continuing to build artistic relationships since 2004 with artists such as Wasis Diop, Hugh Coltman, Gloria Gaynor, Yaniss Odua, Beat Assaillant, Wayne Beckford…

More doors open for Greg in 2012 when he embarks on a 3-year international tour with Fatoumata Diawara.

His fine and eclectic style attracts many renowned artists with whom he performs live or does session work, including Youssoupha, Sly Johnson, Charlotte Dipanda, Pierpoljak, Omar, Indila, JP Bimeni, Christophe Mae, Gassandji, Dilouya, Neg’Marrons.

He collaborates and composes with Spaïcy and Song and develops his talents as an arranger, notably on an album in progress with Soom T.

Greg is invited to join Roots Heritage in 2017. Their compositions are featured on Max Romeo’s 2019 "Words From The Brave" album. Roots Heritage’s debut album "Levelution" is coming out very soon on Ariwa Sounds.

Greg Emonet