BRETHREN OF THE FREE SPIRIT
James Blackshaw and Jozef Van Wissem play a rare UK duo show.
JAMES BLACKSHAW
Consisting of mainly solo 12-string acoustic guitar, played in a finger-picked style not too dissimilar to Robbie Basho, perhaps Blackshaw’s biggest inspiration, James Blackshaw has devised new tunings and new techniques. Blackshaw traverses between Eastern and Western scales; simple and incredibly intricate picking patterns; waves of fast, powerful rolls and glass-fragile harmonics. Released on Important Records and Bo Weavil.
JOZEF VAN WISSEM
Jozef Van Wissem is bringing the lute into a contemprary context with great success. Last year's album, 'Stations of the Cross' is an incredible testament to the hypnotic dexterity of the rarely-explored intrument. Has collaborated with Tetuzi Akiyama, Gary Lucas and has an incredible new joint recording with James Blackshaw, 'Brethren of the Free Spirit', out on Belgian imprint audioMER.
Friday May 16th
Café Oto, Ashwin Street, Dalston
£5, 8pm
wegottickets.com
come!
also...
JANDEK (feat. pete nolan of magik markers and matt heyner of no neck blues band) plays The Nave on Friday June 16th
FLOWER-CORSANO DUO play Cafe Oto on Monday June 17th
whoops
jandek plays sunday june 16th (not friday)...
i would say yes !!!
but that damn ATP thing is in the way
likewise
gutted to be missing this, the LP is excellent.
JJJAAANNNNDDDDEEEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!!
need to book this
Go for James Blackshaw
when I saw him up here he was completeley mesmerising. Such intricate playing it was really beautiful.
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supporting flower-corsano duo will be MV CARBON (metalux, free noise tour, etc) and SARAH'S CHARITY (family underground, skullflower) doing a collaboration and also SPECTRE FOLK (pete nolan's acid-folk solo guise)
also, to clarify (correctly, this time); jandek show is happening on sunday 15th june.
james and jozef will be awesome on friday. jozef's coming over especially.
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this is TONIGHT !!
going to be great.
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just gonna flog this horse one more time.
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