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01. JAMES BLACKSHAW - Transient Life In Twilight
02. JAMES BLACKSHAW - The Elk With Jade Eyes
03. JAMES BLACKSHAW - Spiralling Skeleton Memorial
04. JAMES BLACKSHAW - O True Believers
ARTIST
TITLE
O True Believers
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
IMPREC 084CD IMPREC 084CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/20/2006

"When UK native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string, something spiritual takes place. This unassuming 23 year-old is transformed into a guitar god whose name belongs alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Glenn Jones. Making instrumental, solo, acoustic music that remains consistently interesting and moving is a difficult task. Yet, time after time, Blackshaw hits out of the park, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. O True Believers is the latest in a string of impressive releases, all with their own mood and inspiration. An untrained musician living in the isolated suburban environs of Greater London, Blackshaw draws inspiration not only from the early Takoma Records roster, but from sources as varied as the sublime film-work of Werner Herzog, the books of Richard Brautigan and an endless amount of music: free-jazz, '60s psych, drone, ethnic music and modern-day composers, to name a few."