Music
I still have cd copies of Drookitarlùp and Batlahatli , the result of two amazing large scale collaborations with Giancarlo Toniutti. If you want to buy a copy of either or both let me know. https://www.jameswyness.com/drookitarlugravep.html https://www.jameswyness.com/batlahatli.html I'm composing new work for solo acoustic guitar. As far as possible with an instrument like the guitar, with its history and traditions, I've been trying to gradually filter out the Appalachian and other 'folk' influences which found their way in because I liked playing them and because I could let my hard-earned technique have its day in the sun. What's left? Pieces of me, restraint, minimalist approaches, old and new European musics that I are grew up with perhaps. Sound Recent experiments with small electrics have proved fruitful. https://www.jameswyness.com/blog/january-08th-2025 Environmental Art I'm delighted to be working with Artwalk Porty, an artist-led organisation situated in Portobello. The six-month residency, Fallow Land, will look at farming, land, agricultural waste, land ownership and migration linking historical agricultural and arable land around Portobello & Craigentinny to current farmlands around Jedburgh, tackling questions of marine health, ecological change, safe haven and displacement. This project will help me tie together a loose bundle of research carried out over the last few years in and around Jedburgh as part of my Jed Project. Contact me if you want to get involved and look out for updates on my blog. |