Biography
James Blackshaw (born 1981) is an English, Hastings-based folk fingerstyle guitarist and pianist. Blackshaw primarily plays an acoustic 12 string guitar and has been compared to Bert Jansch, Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Jack Rose, and Leo Kottke. He has released albums on the labels Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Barl Fire Recordings, Static Caravan, Digitalis Industries, Important Records, Tompkins Square, and Young God Records. In April 2016, he announced an indefinite hiatus from recording and performing music. His show in Hastings in August 2016 is his last one prior to hiatus. In July 2019, he announced his return to recording and performing.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
97 releases · 32 albums · active 2005–2025
- Performance · 220
- Other credits · 79
- Engineering · 43
- Mastering · 14
- Production · 7
Studios: No Recording Studio · Soma Electronic Music Studios · Airtight Studios · Locksley Hall
Frequent collaborators
- Current 93
- Various
- Brethren Of The Free Spirit
- Myrninerest
- Okada Takuro
- Peter Wright
- Pantaleimon
- Nurse With Wound