[1] Although he has a wide collection of instruments, he is most known for his association with Matthias Dammann guitars[2] and D’Addario Pro-Arte’ Nylon strings.
[3] When Russell was five years of age, his family moved from Glasgow, Scotland to Menorca, where he became interested in the guitar, imitating the likes of Andrés Segovia and Julian Bream.
Russell now resides in Galicia, but spends most of his time touring and playing in musical festivals worldwide.
[5] Under the tutelage of Hector Quine[6] at the Royal Academy of Music, Russell won the Julian Bream Guitar Prize twice.
In May 2003, he was awarded the honour of being made "adopted son" of Es Migjorn Gran, the town on Menorca where he grew up.