Comments on: Celebrating in style at the Buda Bar http://www.livingtenerife.info/social-scene/celebrating-in-style-at-the-buda-bar.htm Tenerife's number one lifestyle blog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom Venour http://www.livingtenerife.info/social-scene/celebrating-in-style-at-the-buda-bar.htm#comment-79 Tom Venour Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:44:22 +0000 http://www.livingtenerife.info/social-scene/celebrating-in-style-at-the-buda-bar.htm#comment-79 I am a frequent visitor to the Canary Islands, my wife is from Lanzarote. I love the Canarian folklore but after a while I will invariably seek out some good old fashioned British or American folk. You may think this would be easy to find amongst the bars and night clubs of the many English quarters around Tenerife but I rarely find anything which appeals. I am in my forties and enjoy the haunting and sentimental sounds of Mary Hopkins, Simon and Garfunkel, basically something with a sing along or hum along theme; I love some popular Spanish stuff also. Most importantly I want to listen to someone with a good voice and someone who can pluck. I discovered a guy called Manuel Negrin Pololo, tall, annoyingly handsome chap who plays the acoustic. He is of course Spanish. He has played at the Buho Club and others in the la Laguna area and indeed across Tenerife and Lanzarote. I would describe his voice as a cross between Julio Iglesias and J. Sabina. His voice is very much his own however and I think he is great in a modest way. I met him a few years ago and we chatted about music in general. He has a great knowledge of popular and classical English and American folk, his accent only adds to the charm. For anyone on holiday or living in Tenerife I would recommend him for a great evening out. Tom Venour I am a frequent visitor to the Canary Islands, my wife is from Lanzarote.

I love the Canarian folklore but after a while I will invariably seek out some good old fashioned British or American folk.

You may think this would be easy to find amongst the bars and night clubs of the many English quarters around Tenerife but I rarely find anything which appeals.

I am in my forties and enjoy the haunting and sentimental sounds of Mary Hopkins, Simon and Garfunkel, basically something with a sing along or hum along theme; I love some popular Spanish stuff also. Most importantly I want to listen to someone with a good voice and someone who can pluck.

I discovered a guy called Manuel Negrin Pololo, tall, annoyingly handsome chap who plays the acoustic. He is of course Spanish. He has played at the Buho Club and others in the la Laguna area and indeed across Tenerife and Lanzarote.

I would describe his voice as a cross between Julio Iglesias and J. Sabina. His voice is very much his own however and I think he is great in a modest way.

I met him a few years ago and we chatted about music in general. He has a great knowledge of popular and classical English and American folk, his accent only adds to the charm.

For anyone on holiday or living in Tenerife I would recommend him for a great evening out.

Tom Venour

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