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- 6/24/2009 - M.Gira Folio of drawings out now / J. Blackshaw NPR / Lisa Germano coming soon
Hello Folks, Thanks again for your interest in things Young God. Just a brief update herein. No more newsletters for a while... Best! Michael Gira / Young God Records - 5/31/2009 - Young God Records Newsletter - May, 2009
Hello There Folks, and thanks for your interest in things Young God.
Here’s what’s going on here: - 5/26/2009 - Available Now - James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game
- 5/9/2009 - James Blackshaw - North American Tour
6/8/2009 - 6/20/2009 - 5/9/2009 - James Blackshaw to be interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered
June 18th, 2009
on All Things Considered Weekend Interview - 5/2/2009 - Michael Gira and James Blackshaw - 3 Shows in Canada - June '09
Michael Gira and James Blackshaw will be sharing a bill at these venues... - 4/27/2009 - James Blackshaw interviewed for UK's BBC 4 - listen online
James talks about his music and plays live as well. - 4/21/2009 - Michael Gira will perform solo in Medford MA (Boston) on 4/26/2009
OXFAM CAFE AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Mayer Campus
FREE - 4/21/2009 - Larkin Grimm - Live Shows in Europe
- 3/13/2009 - East Village Radio Profiles Young God Records
listen online after 3/14/2009
PRESS
- 6/28/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
NPR.org / by Lynda Smith
His music seems to have a church-like quality. His guitar mimics an entire orchestra. - 6/23/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
Fact Magazine UK
It's a hypnotic 18-minute rush that's like vomiting gold, rainbows and unicorns out of every orifice in your head (in a good way), and it's one of the greatest songs made so far this year. - 6/18/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
Knoxville Daily Times / by Steve Wildsmith
The way guitar prodigy James Blackshaw sees it, there isn't a lot of difference, really, between his teenage years as a punk rock musician and the sweeping, ethereal arrangements he plays now on his signature 12-string. - 6/17/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
The Line Of Best Fit / by Matt Poacher
Blackshaw’s releases to date have been studies in the possibilities of repetition and iteration; and despite the baroque flourishes and the obvious flair, his work belongs in the realms of the compositionialists and minimalists: Steve Reich, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass... - 6/17/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/ Review
trebelzine.com / by Tyler Parks
His 12-string guitar playing, plucking, picking sets the wind blowing and the sunlight swirling, in our heads. - 6/15/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
fRoots Magazine / by Ian Kearey
...anything by James Blackshaw is unique and a delight, whether you’re into brilliant, rich guitar work, complex yet meditational atmospheres or modern composition, and this could be the album that sees him breaking through to wider acclaim. He’s that good. - 6/15/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/Review
Spin Magazine / by Andy Beta
Bracingly transcendent display by folk virtuoso. - 6/15/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW – THE GLASS BEAD GAME Review
Mystery Theater / by Peter Bebergal
...The Glass Bead Game is something of a wonder... it really is wholly original. I could also cite John Fahey, Steve Reich, and other modern composers as being part of his musical trajectory, but there is something much more inventive going on here than just a fusion of influences. - 6/15/2009 - James Blackshaw / The Glass Bead Game / Review
AMG / by Thom Jurek
The Glass Bead Game is the most forward-thinking and sublimely executed of James Blackshaw's releases to date. It is a work that will hopefully introduce him to an entirely new audience who can appreciate the depth, sensitivity, and vision he brings to modern acoustic music. - 6/10/2009 - JAMES BLACKSHAW/THE GLASS BEAD GAME/ Review
Eye Weekly Toronto / by Chris Bolton
Blackshaw’s seventh album The Glass Bead Game — played on a 12-string acoustic guitar and piano with occasional string and vocal accompaniment — is nothing short of elemental.
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