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#12: On Island Tides: A journey through the music of Blanco White

Release Date: 04/02/2021

#12: On Island Tides: A journey through the music of Blanco White

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In this episode we meet the voice and the inspiration behind Blanco White, the stage name of Josh Edwards, a guitarist and singer-songwriter from London.

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#7: Coronavirus: Fighting 'The Rona'

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#6: Coronavirus: We're all in this together

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#4: Finding home again in the aftermath of grief

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In this episode we meet the voice and the inspiration behind Blanco White, the stage name of Josh Edwards, a guitarist and singer-songwriter from London.

Josh studied flamenco guitar in Cádiz in Spain, and later the Andean instrument the charango in Sucre in Bolivia. In 2016 he released his first EP, ‘The Wind Rose’ which was followed by ‘Colder Heavens’ and ‘Nocturne’. His first full album, ‘On The Other Side’ was released in 2020. His growing fan base is now global and he’s performed to sell out concerts across Europe and the United States.

The music of Blanco White brings together Andalusian and Latin American traditions from both sides of the Atlantic and the songs are filled with forgotten histories, lost poetry and languages, ocean crossings and soundscapes that are other-worldly.

This is the story - told through his own songs - of the places that have shaped Josh as a musician, how he learned the musical traditions of very different cultures, and the search for his own creative voice and musical identity in the spaces in between.

Music on this episode is exclusively by Blanco White.

Special thanks to Yucatan Records and the Blanco White project for permission to use the songs.

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