The Cloud of Unknowing
by James Blackshaw
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 June 2007
- Label: Tompkins Square
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 42:42
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Continuing to cement his status as a premier voice in modern acoustic fingerpicking, the English guitarist delivered a luminous masterpiece of American Primitivism. Utilizing a 12-string acoustic guitar, the recording weaves impossibly complex, cascading melodies that evoke an overwhelming, meditative spirituality.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic, Folk, instrumental, acoustic, complex, atmospheric, guitars, minimal, spacious
Tracklist
- The Cloud Of Unknowing (10:55)
- Running To The Ghost (6:16)
- Clouds Collapse (3:56)
- The Mirror Speaks (6:31)
- Stained Glass Windows (15:03)
Credits
- Fran Bury - violin
- James Blackshaw - primary artist, guitar [12 string], dulcimer [cymbala], glockenspiel, songwriter, producer
- Joel T. Jordan - artwork by [art direction]
- John Hannon - engineer, producer
- Shoko Ishikawa - photography