Cian Nugent
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hello all, I know some of this has already been posted on here, but I'm putting everything together and there have been some developments/changes to plan.
Galway has been canceled unfortunately, and Dublin is now on in Murray's (formerly Frazer's on O'Connel st) as it seems Boom Boom Room won't reopen in time.
Here are the current dates:
Thur 27th, Cork, prested by Plug'd in the Whisky Union Quay. 8/10e 9pm
Fri 28th, Limerick, presented by Space Lab in Baker Place. 9pm
Sat 29th, Dublin, presented by Lazybird in Murray's 12e 8pm
Sun 30th, Belfast, presented by Ordinary Days in Pavillion bar, 8.30 5 pounds.
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JAMES BLACKSHAW
http://www. myspace. com/jamesblackshaw
http://www. jamesblackshaw. com
When UK-native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string guitar, something spiritual takes place. Performing and recording since 2003, his name is frequently mentioned alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Sir Richard Bishop and Glenn Jones as one of the most foremost modern pioneers of solo acoustic guitar music.
Now at the age of 26, Blackshaw, an untrained musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of Greater London, draws as much inspiration from early religious music, South-Asian folk music and composers such as Arvo Part, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine as he does from John Fahey, Robbie Basho and the early Takoma Records roster, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium.
Blackshaw’s 2007 LP, The Cloud of Unknowing, ranked in both The Wire and Pitchfork’s top 50 albums of the year, and receieved universal critical appraisal
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James Blackshaw press:
"Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him outside the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer, 31/12/06
"Blackshaw's fourth album gracefully glides over the same sonic ground that his contemporaries generally tread with reverential obedience or dilettante tactics. On an album where movement, experience, and persistence mean everything, it's best to let Blackshaw's 12-string momentum have as much space as it wants. The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a new, peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his class." Rating 8.7/10 - Pitchforkmedia. July 02, 2007
"There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through dizzying tempos like clockwork. Such is the silky control he exherts over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist than a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire
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JOZEF VAN WISSEM
http://www. myspace. com/vanwissem
http://www. jozefvanwissem. com/
Composer and lute player, Jozef Van Wissem, is renowned for his unusual approach of the Renaissance lute. He cuts and pastes classical pieces, reverses melodies, adds electronics and processed field recordings The unusual wedlock of composition and improvisation creates an unheard amalgam of contemporary folk and late Renaissance music.
His music is quiet and not so much demands concentrated listening, as it will bring the listener in a state of concentrated listening – an aspect that makes Van Wissem a natural ally of the current post-reductionist improvising musicians.
He also runs the Incunabulum label, and performs regularly around the world in a duo with guitar-wizard of Captain Beefheart-fame, Gary Lucas. He also works with M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi, James Blackshaw, Chris Forsyth, Tetuzi Akiyama and Elliot Sharp. The Wire called his latest solo release, Stations of the Cross, "a small masterpiece."
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CIAN NUGENT
http://www.myspace.com/ciannugent
Cian Nugent is an 18 year old exploratory guitarist from Dublin Ireland whose playing is rooted in pre-war blues, Appalachian string bands and the Takoma tradition.?Fahey is referenced quite a bit on this recording (Nugent's 2007 cd-r), but Cian is no mere Fahey copyist. He uses the style as a starting point for his compositions and creates something highly personal within these limitations.?His take on the traditional Wagoners lad is refreshing and surprising in its abstraction and obvious love for the Buell Kazee version.
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Also, I know it's a long shot, but if anyone would like to drive us around get in touch!!!
Two footnotes: James and Jozef will play both solo sets and a set as their duo, the Brethern of the Free Spirit. And all going well, we will have a live CD of mine released bu Jozef for these aswell, though it's getting a bit close, regardless, should be killerrrrr!!!
Galway has been canceled unfortunately, and Dublin is now on in Murray's (formerly Frazer's on O'Connel st) as it seems Boom Boom Room won't reopen in time.
Here are the current dates:
Thur 27th, Cork, prested by Plug'd in the Whisky Union Quay. 8/10e 9pm
Fri 28th, Limerick, presented by Space Lab in Baker Place. 9pm
Sat 29th, Dublin, presented by Lazybird in Murray's 12e 8pm
Sun 30th, Belfast, presented by Ordinary Days in Pavillion bar, 8.30 5 pounds.
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JAMES BLACKSHAW
http://www. myspace. com/jamesblackshaw
http://www. jamesblackshaw. com
When UK-native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string guitar, something spiritual takes place. Performing and recording since 2003, his name is frequently mentioned alongside the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Sir Richard Bishop and Glenn Jones as one of the most foremost modern pioneers of solo acoustic guitar music.
Now at the age of 26, Blackshaw, an untrained musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of Greater London, draws as much inspiration from early religious music, South-Asian folk music and composers such as Arvo Part, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine as he does from John Fahey, Robbie Basho and the early Takoma Records roster, constantly breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium.
Blackshaw’s 2007 LP, The Cloud of Unknowing, ranked in both The Wire and Pitchfork’s top 50 albums of the year, and receieved universal critical appraisal
.
James Blackshaw press:
"Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him outside the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer, 31/12/06
"Blackshaw's fourth album gracefully glides over the same sonic ground that his contemporaries generally tread with reverential obedience or dilettante tactics. On an album where movement, experience, and persistence mean everything, it's best to let Blackshaw's 12-string momentum have as much space as it wants. The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a new, peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his class." Rating 8.7/10 - Pitchforkmedia. July 02, 2007
"There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through dizzying tempos like clockwork. Such is the silky control he exherts over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist than a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire
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JOZEF VAN WISSEM
http://www. myspace. com/vanwissem
http://www. jozefvanwissem. com/
Composer and lute player, Jozef Van Wissem, is renowned for his unusual approach of the Renaissance lute. He cuts and pastes classical pieces, reverses melodies, adds electronics and processed field recordings The unusual wedlock of composition and improvisation creates an unheard amalgam of contemporary folk and late Renaissance music.
His music is quiet and not so much demands concentrated listening, as it will bring the listener in a state of concentrated listening – an aspect that makes Van Wissem a natural ally of the current post-reductionist improvising musicians.
He also runs the Incunabulum label, and performs regularly around the world in a duo with guitar-wizard of Captain Beefheart-fame, Gary Lucas. He also works with M.B. / Maurizio Bianchi, James Blackshaw, Chris Forsyth, Tetuzi Akiyama and Elliot Sharp. The Wire called his latest solo release, Stations of the Cross, "a small masterpiece."
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CIAN NUGENT
http://www.myspace.com/ciannugent
Cian Nugent is an 18 year old exploratory guitarist from Dublin Ireland whose playing is rooted in pre-war blues, Appalachian string bands and the Takoma tradition.?Fahey is referenced quite a bit on this recording (Nugent's 2007 cd-r), but Cian is no mere Fahey copyist. He uses the style as a starting point for his compositions and creates something highly personal within these limitations.?His take on the traditional Wagoners lad is refreshing and surprising in its abstraction and obvious love for the Buell Kazee version.
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Also, I know it's a long shot, but if anyone would like to drive us around get in touch!!!
Two footnotes: James and Jozef will play both solo sets and a set as their duo, the Brethern of the Free Spirit. And all going well, we will have a live CD of mine released bu Jozef for these aswell, though it's getting a bit close, regardless, should be killerrrrr!!!
heart: can take paramount over
