James Filkins Traverse City, Michigan
A guitarist and composer of acoustically melodic instrumental music, infused with moody atmosphere and sonic texture.
Utilizing acoustic stringed instruments, primarily guitar, steel stringed, nylon stringed and baritone, as well as percussion, flutes and whistles, his operating philosophy is “a barbaric yawp is better than no yawp at all”. An unfettered fresh water breeze
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Oozing with musical integrity, sonic soul, and inquisitive artistry. . .
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Only Stories (Let The Cards Fall Revisited)
by The Breath
Sonic alchemy created with such seemingly effortless artistry.
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Saturday Morning in Boston
by Derek Gripper and Mike Block
Saturday Morning in Boston presents two sonic symbionts anticipating the ebb and flow of melody with such grace, timbre, and touch that they become provocateurs of something truly sublime.
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featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 19, 2024
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Stunningly beautiful songs wrought with pedal steel and nylon-string guitar that cast mesmerizing melodic shapes.
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crookhollow and variations
by poor horse
An intimate (and instrumental) improvised solo guitar meditation on the vastness of the unknown, from the Appalachian mountains.
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