Career
Cited as “one of South Africa’s most influential artists over the past decade" by The Sunday Independent, Buttery"s distinctive acoustic style is influenced by traditional South African culture, music and instrumentation. In live performances, Guy also uses an EBow and a looper to create "synth-like textures". He is influenced by artists such as Michael Hedges, Steve Newman, Madala Kunene, Tony Cox, Tananas, Led Zeppelin, Mark Kozelek and Ralph Towner.
Guy has received numerous accolades for his recorded work as well as for his live performances.
Guy Buttery was born in a small coastal town outside of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He studied Jazz at Kwa-Zulu Natal Technikon with Nibs van der Spuy and later on at the Durban School of Music, where he studied with Leandros Stavrou for a brief period.
At the age of 18, Guy Buttery’s debut album was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer’ and ‘Best Instrumental’ at the South African Music Awards (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s) making him the youngest nominee in the history of the event. Guy has since gone on to collect two Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s in 2010 and again in 2014.
In 2014 Guy married Brazilian fashion designer, Julia Mendes Pinheiro Franco.