Featuring Balta Bordoy

Balta is originally from Palma, Mallorca and works out of there and Barcelona. A self-taught guitarist like myself, we both share an interest in Afroamerican Roots music. Balta is a veritable encyclopaedia of the blues and I really enjoy sitting down and listening to a few tunes with him and having the chats. I first met Balta through a long-term pal I have here in Barcelona, David Sanchez, and in the last few years I have got to know him as a friend. We both play on the scene here but had never played together, except at a few jams that we meet at, or I’d go to a few of his gigs and he shows up at mine from time to time.

We were scheduled to play a gig for “La Jornada de Blues” here on 31st October, but due to the new COVID restrictions, it was cancelled. After that disappointment and then my own plans being scuppered to organise a bigger Zoom gig with the full band, I decided to ask Balta could he come and save the day. We had already prepared some stuff for that cancelled gig so our work was not in vain, I guess. It was a pleasure to finally play together. Hopefully, we’ll be able to do the concert with the full band in the future, fingers crossed.

Listen to Balta’s Music

Since his professional debut in 1993 Balta has worked with many different artists including James Harman (USA), Sax Gordon (USA), Keith Dunn (USA), Julian Vaughn (USA), Víctor Puertas (ESP), Salvador Sobral (POR), Mingo Balaguer (ESP), Kyle Esplin (SCOT) and Little Roger Wade (UK). 

We hope you all enjoyed the gig and we would love to hear your feedback!