Blog: Chewing Pine

Litany of Echoes contains a great deal of stunning musicianship. And James Blackshaw , who has released more full lengths in five years than anyone could expect, continues to exhibit his compositional skills. Unfortunately for him, he's British and listeners should be able to tell pretty quickly. If given a chance, any fan can differentiate between Bert Jansch and Townes Van Zandt . Their respective countries are vocally expressed through music. The same is true of Blackshaw – except his cultural baggage is displayed via his 12-string [...]

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