Fakawi

Fakawi (2003). From left: Rueben Navarro, Mark Attard, Ryan Buttigieg, Paul Borg Bonaci, Antonio Ghio

Fakawi is a Maltese glam cover band active since the late 1990s.[1][2]

The current line-up is Paul (in Maltese, Pawlu) Borg Bonaci, lead vocals and guitar, Antonio Ghio, bass and backing vocals, Mark Attard, keyboards, Rueben Navarro, drums and Ryan Buttigieg, percussions.[3]

The original line-up included Fabrizio Giorgio on drums replaced by Navarro in 2003 when Giorgio moved to Australia to pursue a degree in Commercial Music Performance (percussion).[4][5]

Fakawi have featured annually as the closing act on the Rock Stage at the Farsons Beer Festival.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The band has also become a regular performer at the yearly Nadur Carnival held on Malta's sister island, Gozo.[13]

Frontman Paul Borg Bonaci performs with other musical acts in Malta such as Xirka Rock[14] (with Fakawi keyboardist Mark Attard) and impersonates the comical character Johnny l-kajboj[15] on the national TV talk show Xarabank.

References

  1. ↑ Benoit, Marie (19 October 2008). "60 second interview with Paul Borg Bonaci". The Malta Independent.
  2. ↑ Reljic, Teodor. "Bay Radio bars performers from playing during rival ceremonies". Malta Today. 22 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "BLS Entertainment (Malta)".
  4. ↑ "Pop Concert at St James". The Times of Malta. 6 February 2004.
  5. ↑ "Reverbnation".
  6. ↑ "NSTS (Malta)".
  7. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2011".
  8. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2010".
  9. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2009".
  10. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2008".
  11. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2007".
  12. ↑ "Farsons Group, press release 2006".
  13. ↑ Darmanin, David (17 February 2010). "When the misbehaved meet the disorganised". Malta Today.
  14. ↑ Bugeja, Michael (1 July 2012). "Xirka Rock 5: smoke on the water". The Times of Malta.
  15. ↑ "Jonny L-Kajboj interviewed". The Times of Malta. 18 August 2011.
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