James Blackshaw

Artist: James Blackshaw

Similar Artists:

Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Peter Lang

Influenced By:

Peter Walker, Leo Kottke, Robbie Basho, Sandy Bull, Bert Jansch, John Fahey, Peter Lang, John Renbourn, Davy Graham

Formal Connection With:

Fran Bury, Davenport

Born: 1981, London, England
Active: 2000s
Genres: Folk
Instrument: Guitar (Acoustic)
Representative Albums: "Celeste", "Lost Prayers and Motionless Dances/White Goddess

Biography

A brilliant and innovative 12-string guitar player, James Blackshaw was born in 1981 in London, where he continues to make his home. Another in a long string of amazing British acoustic guitar wizards, Blackshaw has been compared at various times to Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Glenn Jones, Jack Rose, and Leo Kottke, among others, but his sound, often modal and based on improvising across set themes, is entirely his own. Blackshaw released several limited CD-R albums as he began his career, including 2004's Celeste and Lost Prayers and Motionless Dancers, 2005's Sunshrine, and the live Waking into Sleep in 2006. Important Records issued O True Believers in 2006 after which Blackshaw moved to Tompkins Square Records, which released The Cloud of Unknowing in 2007 and began reissuing his black catalog (Celeste and Sunshrine both reappeared from Tompkins Square in 2008). A second Tompkins Square CD of new material, Litany of Echoes, was also issued in 2008. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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James Blackshaw
Blackshaw performing at La Maroquinerie
Background information
Born	1981 (age 27–28)
Origin	London
Instruments	guitar, piano
Website	myspace.com/jamesblackshaw

James Blackshaw is a London-based guitarist and pianist, born in 1981.^[1] Blackshaw primarily plays an acoustic 12 string guitar and has been compared to Bert Jansch, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Jack Rose, and Leo Kottke.^[1] He released albums on the labels Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Static, Digitalis Industries, Important Records, Tompkins Square, and Young God Records.

Discography

Celeste CD (Tompkins Square) 2008 - originally released by Celebrate Psi Phenomenon in 2004
Lost Prayers & Motionless Dances CD (Tompkins Square) 2008 - originally released by Digitalis Industries in 2004
Sunshrine CD (Tompkins Square) 2008 - originally released by Digitalis Industries in 2005
O True Believers LP (Bo'weavil Records) & CD (Important Records) 2006
Waking Into Sleep - Goteburg 27.05.06 Live recording, CD (Kning Disk) 2006
The Cloud of Unknowing CD/LP (Tompkins Square) 2007
Litany of Echoes CD (Tompkins Square) 2008
The Glass Bead Game CD (Young God Records) 2009

Compilations/Collaborations/Split Releases/Guest Appearances:

Davenport Vs. James Blackshaw CD-R with Davenport (Static Records) 2005
Gold Leaf Branches 3xCD (Digitalis Industries) 2005
Imaginational Anthem Vol. 2 CD (Tompkins Square) 2006
A Raga For Peter Walker CD (Tompkins Square) 2006
The Garden of Forking Paths - a compilation CD curated and featuring music by James Blackshaw, Chieko Mori, Jozef van Wissem and Helena Espvall. Artwork by Hanna Tuulikki CD (Important Records) 2008
Brethren of the Free Spirit (duo with Jozef van Wissem) - All Things Are From Him, Through Him and In Him CD/LP (audioMER) 2008
Brethren of the Free Spirit - The Wolf Also Shall Dwell With The Lamb CD/LP (Important) 2009
Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain CD (Durtro/Jnana) 2009

References

^ ^a ^b Leggett, Steve. "James Blackshaw - Biography". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfoxqtsldfe~T1. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

External links

James Blackshaw at Allmusic
James Blackshaw at MySpace

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