Guardian Music — Swans, James Blackshaw, On tourMichael Gira is a musician who has spent his career discovering a gentler side no one had any reason to suspect in him. His first major group, Swans, specialised in a live show of legendary volume, only to evolve into a... more info

DrownedInSound — Some of the music here is slightly too po-faced to bear repeated listening. Nevertheless, you have the real sense of Blackshaw as a musician and composer in a process of constant evolution, and it’s a fascinating and melancholy pleasure to hear his... more info

Guardian Music — (Young God Records)James Blackshaw made his name in underground circles as an expansive, 12-string acoustic player, following forebears, such as 60s pioneer John Fahey, who transmuted the folk singer's prop into a vector for flowing ragas. Of late, t... more info

The Music Fix — 12 string guitarist goes electric. more info

Altsounds — Released on August 23rd 2010 via Young God Records, All Is Falling was recorded, mixed and mastered by John Hannon and James Blackshaw at No Recording Studio, December 2009 - January 2010 and is his first foray into the realm of the electric 12... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: James Blackshaw Album: All Is Falling Release Date: August 24Label: Young God Tracklist: 01 Part 1 02 Part 2 03 Part 3 04 Part 4 05 Part 5 06 Part 6 07 Part 708 Part 8 Notes: Ninth album from this instrumental arranger and 12-string guitar p... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-13 Santa Monica, CA - Peter Strauss Ranch06-14 Arcata, CA - Jambalaya's 06-16 Bellingham, WA - Green Frog Cafe !06-17 Tacoma, WA - Mandolin !06-18 Seattle, WA - Conor Bryne !06-20 Eugene, OR - Sam Bond's !06-23 Bend, OR - The Annex !06-25 Davis, C... more info

Stereogum — James Blackshaw’s on a mighty roll. He’s released a number of fine albums, but grab 2007’s The Cloud of Unknowing (especially), 2008’s piano-threaded Litany Of Echoes, and last year’s piano-and-string (and etc.) augmented The Glass Bead Gam... more info

DrownedInSound — Collaborative performances can be a risky thing. Bringing together musicians of different backgrounds and genres can inadvertently expose the deficiencies of one, whilst highlighting the skills of another. Kept Impulses is the abstract title of a joi... more info

The Music Fix — embarks on Kept Impulses tour more info