Fakawi

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

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

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. 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.
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  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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