James Blackshaw

James Blackshaw (born 1981, London) is an English guitarist and pianist, best known for instrumental music on the 12-string acoustic guitar. His fingerpicked pieces draw on the Takoma school of American guitarists, minimalist composition and European classical music. Blackshaw first released music on small labels, then issued The Cloud of Unknowing (2007) on Tompkins Square. Michael Gira's Young God Records released The Glass Bead Game (2009) and All Is Falling (2010), and Summoning Suns came out in 2015 on Important Records and P-Vine.