Alexander
Alexander is the solo project of guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Shapiro (Kath Bloom, Headroom, Center). Under the Alexander moniker he plays fingerstyle acoustic guitar and banjo music. Drawing from a wide variety of guitar traditions, Shapiro has arrived at a style and vocabulary of his own. His albums have drawn comparisons to John Fahey and Robbie Basho who he cites as influences on his playing. Elizabeth Cotten, Frantz Casseus, and Frank Proffitt are other major influences. As Alexander he has toured extensively across the U.S. and abroad. He has shared bills with Mdou Moctar, Loren Connors, Susan Alcorn, and many more. His self-titled LP is distributed by Forced Exposure and he has additional releases on C/Site Recordings.
https://davidalexanderguitars.bandcamp.com/
https://www.davidalexanderguitars.com/music
EthanWL
Ethan WL is an American Primitive Guitar player and Experimental Filmmaker from Gloucester, MA.
His 2023 album "The Pink House" a soundtrack and companion piece to the film Inventor Crazybrains and The Girl Called Bird directed by Jefferson Everest Crawford has been written about in the Seven Days, Tabs Out, and Raised by Cassettes.
His 2023 film Queen City Blues was selected for the VTIFF Made Here Festival in Burlington, VT.
https://ethan-wl.blogspot.com/
https://lifebrut.bandcamp.com/album/the-pink-house
SQ
The return of the long running project between Marc Faris and Joe Tunis. Experimental/weirdo banjo, guitar, violin, drums.