Ofschoon Philip Masure een hele rits aan instrumenten bespeelt is hij vooral bekend als gitarist bij onder meer Comas en Urban Trad.
Hij is dé specialist van de DADGAD open tuning en speelde samen met onder andere Laïs, Carlene Anglim, Mugar, Eamear Quinn, Orion, Garva,...
Philip gaf zowat over heel de wereld workshops gitaar.
Als studio-muzikant speelt hij op meer dan 100 cd's en wordt hij steeds vaker gevraagd als producer.
‘The Irish Post’ bestempelde hem ooit als één van de meest gezochte gitaristen van de Keltische muziekscène.
Philip Masure is a Belgian singer/guitar player who specialized in DADGAD open tuning, and is often referred to as “the king of DADGAD”.
He is one of the most influential folk players of Belgium and his playing and singing of newly composed music, as well as old Flemish songs has touched many hearts.
Philip gave many guitar workshops all over the world, and has toured with a lot of musicians/bands including Urban Trad (2nd in the Eurovision Song contest in 2003), Micha Marah, Comas, Laïs, Fling, Orion, Floes, Kathleen Keane, Sylvain Barou, Hot Spoons, Clementine, Andar, Soetkin Collier, …
As a studio musician Philip plays on more than 100 cd’s, but also works a lot as producer. He has worked together with many well know musicians from Belgium and abroad. A few examples are: No Angry Young Man, The Paul Mc Kenna Band, Jokke Schreurs, Micha Marah, Naragonia, Bart Buls, Kathleen Vandenhoudt, Piet Van den Heuvel and many others.
Also in the Irish tradition Philip is a well respected musician. The Irish Post called him ‘one of the most sought-after guitarists on the scene’.