The Belfast show will be on November 26 in The Menagerie and tickets are priced €7. The Dublin show is in The Back Loft on November 27 and tickets are priced €10.

James has received a lot of attention lately for his recent release, The Glass Bead Game (Young God Records), as a prodigy/virtuoso of the 12 string guitar. A former punk band member in England, he changed his style when he began to listen to people like John Fahey and Robbie Basho.

He has more recently started to further orchestrate his guitar pieces with piano, strings, wind and vocals.

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