Josh Kimbrough
Josh is a fingerstyle guitarist and composer from Chapel Hill, NC. His music combines classical guitar and American primitive sensibilities. Patient melodic phrasing, and precise, but pliable grooves are trademarks of his compositions. He tends to take a song to the edge of sentimentality, but pull it back just in time with bluesy dissonance and harmonic grit. For 15 years Josh was a core member (artist, tour manager) of the Trekky Records collective (Lost in the Trees, Phil Cook, Sylvan Esso). Recordings of his work have been published by Trekky Records, Special Passenger Records, and Potluck Foundation. He’s performed at Hopscotch Music Festival, Haw River Music Festival, Phuzz Phest, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival, and Nashville Unlimited. Josh’s forthcoming album, Slither, Soar, & Disappear, is an intimate and immersive song cycle inspired by the natural world, fatherhood, and the joy of solitude. On it, small ensembles of double bass, flute, strings, mandolin, banjo, and drums adorn his nylon and steel string guitar work.
This limited edition cassette contains the debut singles from guitarist Josh Kimbrough. Side A, Squirrel in the Leaves, is a breezy 12-string tune with an in-the-pocket rhythm section. Side B is a brisk solo 6-string affair. Hand-dubbed orange cassette tape by Josh with risograph printed j-card by Woolly Press and linocut prints by Martha Miller. You can find the full-length record in digital and vinyl formats over at the record label, Tompkins Square.
Instrumental finger-style guitar
Release date - 2020/05/10
SCR-005-T-JK1
Limited Run of 25
Included:
Orange cassette duplicated by Josh Kimbrough with 2 songs
3-panel J-Cards risograph printed by Woolly Press in Asheville, NC
Hand-stamped on-tape printing by Gabe Anderson
2 linocut print inserts by Martha Miller
1 Sleepy Cat Sticker
Side A - Squirrel in the Leaves
Acoustic 12-string Guitar - Josh Kimbrough
Upright Bass - Casey Toll
Drums - Peter Lewis
Side B - Sunbathing Water Snake
Acoustic Guitar - Josh Kimbrough
Songs written by Josh Kimbrough
Produced and Mixed by Jeff Crawford at Arbor Ridge Studios, Chapel Hill, NC
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Art Direction by Gabe Anderson and Josh Kimbrough
Illustration by Katie Zickefoose
Photo by Brandon Dorn
J-Card Risograph Prints by Woolly Press
On-tape Prints by Gabe Anderson
Linocut Prints by Martha Miller