God gave me a gift to sing im just trying to bring the r&b and the 90s back and tell my story’s thru my songs 🙏🏿 real soul real r&b music is real and it’s coming back 💎

Soli Ko is a duo of artists who blend their music with poetic lyrics. Their texts tell stories or feature characters in an introspective manner, exploring inner struggles and the duality of emotions.
Their music combines folk elements with a strong acoustic presence. Their compositions are characterized by minimalist arrangements, where the acoustic guitar is accompanied by a highly expressive voice. Their musical style, both intimate and melodic, highlights sounds that reflect a simple yet profound exploration of emotions.

Soli Ko est un duo d'artistes qui marient leur musique à des paroles poétiques. Leurs textes racontent des histoires ou des personnages de manière introspéctive, explorant les combats intérieurs et la dualité des émotions. 
Leur musique allie des éléments folk avec une forte présence acoustique. Leurs compositions sont caractérisées par des arrangements épurés, où à la guitare acoustique se mêle une voix hautement expressive. Leur style musical, à la fois intime et mélodique, met en valeur des sonorités qui reflètent une exploration des émotions avec simplicité.

Born in 1961 in Tours (France), Michel Lelong started practising guitar at the age of 13, influenced by his older brothers; all are fond of American traditional music. First, with the help of his older brother Jean-Marc, a self taught, talented, guitar player, Michel learned different country blues in the styles of Mississippi John Hurt, John Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Gary Davis etc. After these great blues and ragtime influences, Michel learned "note-by-note" by ear the traditional "Kentucky style", often called "Travis style". At 17, he started to teach guitar and, after having recorded his first LP in 1983, he was noticed by the American guitar player/musicologist/music publisher Stefan Grossman (one of the most renowned acoustic blues guitar pioneer teachers in the world). 

In the 1980/90’s, Michel released four educational books with audiotapes on three legends of Country Guitar; Merle Travis, Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins. These books are still published by the The Stefan Grossman's Guitar Worshop, USA.

During this time, Michel went several times to the United States to meet the traditional musicians to deepen his knowledge of North American music. He still composes and develops his personal style through his various influences (Blues, Ragtime, Jazz and Celtic) and performs as a solo artist in France and abroad.

Michel Lelong recorded his first C.D. in 1996 with some of the best French blues and bluegrass musicians.

The same year, Michel made his first educational video on the country/blues styles for a French music publisher (Editions Guitar Connection - Music Publishing - Paris - http://www.play-music.com/).

He followed this up in 1997 with an educational video on Celtic guitar techniques. 

In 1999, Michel produced a country blues guitar method (a book of 75 pages with CD showing ninety-nine examples and blues studies). A large range of country blues techniques is explained in detail. The music magazine critics consider this “pedagogic” book a “bible”.

Michel teaches guitar, organises guitar workshops, performs, and writes guitar methods.

Today, with many plans in his head, Michel Lelong follows his love of music along a path on which the guitar is only one instrument amongst many...

All songs recorded live, either at a club or in a practice room.

Mike Kuster keeps real, traditional Country Music alive and well in the 21st Century with his original music and covering the greatest Country Music in his live shows and albums. Mike’s albums are filled with songs he wrote himself. They are steeped in the classic traditional Country Music he grew up hearing from his grandfather’s garage and father’s barn.

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