An intimate evening with Marcus Machado — guitarist, songwriter and quiet virtuoso — in conversation with writer, broadcaster and cultural thinker Kevin Le Gendre, exploring music, lineage and the long road to finding your own voice. 

Blending soul, psych, folk and blues with raw feel and razor-sharp touch, Machado bends the guitar toward something deeply personal. Named Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Next Young Gun” and hailed by Guitar World for pushing the boundaries of funk, rock and soul guitar, he’s an artist who values tension, tone and truth over flash. 

Across his albums Aquarius Purple and Blue Diamonds, Machado’s music drifts between groove and introspection, heat and restraint. He’s toured globally with Jon Batiste, Daniel Caesar, José James and Robert Glasper, carrying a worldly confidence that London audiences know well — from Ronnie Scott’s to Handel & Hendrix in London. 

Guiding the conversation is Kevin Le Gendre, whose deep listening and cultural insight open up space for the stories behind the sound: the influences, the inheritance, the risks taken in pursuit of something honest. Together, they move beyond technique into meaning — music as history, guitar as voice, conversation as rhythm. 

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