James Blackshaw - Cross (Full Album Version)

This is the sublime studio version of Cross, which is a free download from the Young God Records website. I suggest you get it, because this piece is mind blowing! His new album, "The Glass Bead Game" came out on May 26th, 2009.

We must support this incredible British musician, a master of the 12 string.


Here is a website link where you can get the track, and listen to clips from the other songs on the album. It's going to be very special by the sounds of it!

http://younggodrecords.com/Releases/Detail.asp?C=2178


Here is a link of James Blackshaw being interviewed on BBC Radio 4.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8020000/8020106.stm

Fantastic artwork by Nicole M Boitos.

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[gammainn]

The album isn't available yet as far as I remember.

[russelsheartinacage]

comes out on 26th May

[arthurspooner60]

soooo beautiful. amazing. i would quite love you if you upped the rest of this album!? my computer is being silly and won't let me download.

[russelsheartinacage]

hi, i don't have the rest of the album, just this song, free to download from the website. i'm definately going to buy it when it comes out, i'll happily part with my money once again for him!

[LardGargantuus]

Michael Gira, James Blackshaw's record producer, was brought to tears by James's music. This is pretty astonishing to me, because I could never imagine Gira crying. He ran away from home and lived on the streets and travelled across Europe when he was thirteen; at that age I played video games and had my mom drive me to school each day. Emotionally powerful music indeed.

[tom5677]

@edg910 im 21 i play acoustic guitar fingerstyle exclusively, we aren't all grandads who enjoy it

[tanman875]

@edg910 Seeing as it is your opinion, I can respect that. However, that is YOUR opinion on this sort of thing. Other people do enjoy this genre of music. Also, real guitarists DO use acoustics at times, it's just that using an acoustic guitar is more complicated to use due to the chords being fingered differently to compensate for the lack of emphasis of sound produced by one. In conclusion, your opinion on music does matter, but the way expressed makes you sound like an idiot.

[edg910]

i hate this fucking granpas guitars bullshit, acoustics are really so shit, why cant everyone just play electric guitars like real guitarists



[SoulCandy50]

THANK YOU STEREOMOOD!

[heymanniceshot1]

WHERE CAN I FIND APOLOGIA

[LtNick]

i listen to this before times of great, great turmoil, or times of tremendous conflict.

then i fuck your bitch.

[Chrotisofus]

Fitting

[SoIncrediblyHigh]

Astounidng. My friends and I gave this video a standing ovation when it was over.

[untiltheend22]

@tzalichin that was the name of my former band, the tragedians