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James Blackshaw - All Is Falling

James Blackshaw - All Is Falling

Virtuoso guitarist's ninth album sees him move to electric twelve-string

(4 stars)18 Aug 2010

(Young God) He’s banished the acoustic twelve-string! Fear thee not, however. London’s virtuosic James Blackshaw may have (temporarily) hung up his signature instrument, but he remains a spellbinding figure throughout his ninth…

James Blackshaw - All Is Falling

James Blackshaw - All Is Falling

(3 stars)15 Aug 2010

(Young God) This latest from London’s guitar virtuoso sees our 12-string acoustic hero go electric. But while the gorgeous resonance of Blackshaw’s acoustic tone is missed, the toothier tone of the electric 12-string suits this material well.

Kept Impulses: James Blackshaw, Nancy Elizabeth & Hauschka

Kept Impulses: James Blackshaw, Nancy Elizabeth & Hauschka

6 May 2010

A self-taught 12-string acoustic guitar virtuoso, Hastings-based James Blackshaw weaves the minimalism of Philip Glass, through medieval ‘Early Music’, and the sparse ‘American Primitive’ guitar styles first played by John Fahey and Robbie Basho in the…

Exposure: James Blackshaw

Exposure: James Blackshaw

Tomorrow’s music today

1 Oct 2009

James Blackshaw is one of our most spellbinding contemporary artists: the virtuosic Londoner’s lush guitar mantras and instrumental psalms are extraordinary. He’s coming to Stirling soon but for now he’s reclining in Turin … ‘I just visited a fruit…

James Blackshaw

Triptych - James Blackshaw

10 Apr 2008

James Blackshaw In only five years, James Blackshaw has earned a reputation as Britain’s most brilliant young composer-guitarist, wowing the avant-garde and folk underground with his acoustic 12-string reveries. Like contemporary US pickers Jack…

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