From across two generations of inspired, emotionally-charged U.K. acoustic composition come hugely revered Yorkshire singer-songwriter Michael Chapman and Hastings guitar polymath James Blackshaw, joining forces for a six date adventure around England in December which includes a night at Leaf on Bold Street, Liverpool on Monday 8th December.
Both musicians deploys uses the oft-prosaic tools of folk music to construct their own transcendental, technically astounding tapestries of string and melody.
Both Michael and James boast back catalogues and show histories unrivalled in their respective spheres: Michael Chapman is the Scott Walker of the U.K. guitar mode, from his formative late-sixties Rainmaker full-length on Harvest all the way to his latterly-formed touring/releasing bonds with Thurston Moore and output on Light In The Attic and Blast First Petite; James Blackshaw has amassed a singular body of guitar works on labels including Important and Young God, through to his recently released, Yann Tierson-commissioned ensemble soundtrack album on Tompkins Square, regular tours with Swans and as a member of Current 93. The reference points orbiting around them, both in terms of influences and those influenced, map out quite some musical galaxy: find them at the following coordinates for these six prestige occasions.
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