Fakawi

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

^ Benoit, Marie (19 October 2008). "60 second interview with Paul Borg Bonaci". The Malta Independent. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
^ Reljic, Teodor. "Bay Radio bars performers from playing during rival ceremonies". Malta Today. 22 November 2011.
^ "BLS Entertainment (Malta)". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.
^ "Pop Concert at St James". The Times of Malta. 6 February 2004.
^ "Reverbnation".
^ "NSTS (Malta)".
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2010". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2009". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17.
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24.
^ "Farsons Group, press release 2006". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
^ Darmanin, David (17 February 2010). "When the misbehaved meet the disorganised". Malta Today.
^ Bugeja, Michael (1 July 2012). "Xirka Rock 5: smoke on the water". The Times of Malta.
^ "Jonny L-Kajboj interviewed". The Times of Malta. 18 August 2011.

[1] Benoit, Marie (19 October 2008). "60 second interview with Paul Borg Bonaci". The Malta Independent. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.

[2] Reljic, Teodor. "Bay Radio bars performers from playing during rival ceremonies". Malta Today. 22 November 2011.

[3] "BLS Entertainment (Malta)". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18.

[4] "Pop Concert at St James". The Times of Malta. 6 February 2004.

[5] "Reverbnation".

[6] "NSTS (Malta)".

[7] "Farsons Group, press release 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.

[8] "Farsons Group, press release 2010". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.

[9] "Farsons Group, press release 2009". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.

[10] "Farsons Group, press release 2008". Archived from the original on 2008-09-17.

[11] "Farsons Group, press release 2007". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24.

[12] "Farsons Group, press release 2006". Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.

[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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