Nick Jonah Davis

Featuring music from Joseph Allred, Rob Noyes, Jesse Sheppard, Isasa, D.C Cross, Nick Jonah Davis and many more, Buck Curran has curated a stunning tribute to the guitarist Steffen Basho-Junghans. This amount of musical quality and artistic depth is rarely found on one compilation. 

Of all Nick Jonah Davis’s albums, this is my favourite. Not a note is wasted and the whole set hangs together beautifully; it is surprising, patient, spacious and quite mesmerising.

On 30th October, Thread Recordings will release Nick Jonah Davis’ When the Sun Came on LP and digital. Taken from the album, watch the video for The Peacock Dance.

This line sums up ‘Placebound Spirits’ perfectly – “I have found myself going back to this splendid little EP time and again, becoming utterly mesmerised by its subtle charms, strange nuances and, vitally, the gorgeous music.”

Recorded on the Summer Solstice 2018 at The Church of Sound in Nottingham, solo guitarist Nick Jonah Davis releases a 28-minute electric improvisation as a digital single via Bandcamp.

Led by C Joynes and featuring members of the Dead Rat Orchestra, plus Cam Deas and Nick Jonah Davis, The Borametz Tree is layered and intelligent, finding art and inspiration from many places. This particular result is something that really should be heard.

This weeks mix finds a strong Scottish contingent including two of Lau’s players with tracks from Aidan O’Rourke’s latest Imprint (E.P Series 2.0) and Martin Green’s Flit. Also included are two tracks from recently reviewed albums from Trail West and Iona Fyfe Band. Alongside these are some personal favourites that we’ve covered in the past as well as new offerings from The Driftwood Manor and Nick Jonah Davis’ House of …

Nick Jonah Davis’s ‘House of Dragon’ scores deservedly high with Folk Radio UK. “I doubt if I will come across a better album this year if I ever do it will be a considerable piece of work.”

Whilst Fahey and Basho may well cast a long shadow in the field of acoustic guitar that you’d need to travel far to get away from, C. Joynes and Nick Jonah Davis demonstrate on Split Electric they are well down that road.

Unorthodox Paradox Festival takes place from 11th / 12th / 13th September 2015 in Shropshire featuring diverse and eclectic music and performance, from the calming & pastoral to the wildly psychedelic and more. Just £30 for the full weekend.

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Nick Jonah Davis hails from Nottingham, England and it was his discovery of prewar blues and modal British folk upon which he began to develop his improvisational skills. The post-Takoma acoustic guitar solo scene then provided a context for his music which might otherwise have remained a private endeavour.