Philip Masure

Although Philip plays a number of instruments, he is mostly known as a guitar player. He has specialized in open-tuning (DADGAD) and has played with a number of well-known bands including Orion, Laïs, Carlene Anglim (winner of the BBC2 Young Tradition Award), Mugar, Ambrozijn, the VRT-orchestra, the Liverpool based band Garva. Philip is also a member of Urban Trad (who came in 2nd in the Eurovision in 2003) and performs with his own band Trio with David Munnelly (ex De Dannan) and Helen Flaherty (ex Shantalla). He is also in great demand as a guitar teacher and gives workshops all over Europe. Philip also does a lot of studio work and is often hired as a producer for other musician’s projects because of his keen ear and feel for the music.