Daniel Bachman (born 1989) is an American Primitive guitarist,

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musician, and independent scholar from Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.

Career

Bachman's first projects were released under the moniker Sacred Harp. In 2011, Bachman released Grey-Black-Green, his first release under his own name. Although primarily a solo player, Bachman has also worked with several collaborators across various projects, including full collaborative albums with the guitarist

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and multi-instrumentalist Ian McColm.

Critical reception

In 2015, ''

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'' named Bachman one of "10 Artists You Need to Know."

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described him as an "established and thoughtful voice in the solo guitar music scene" who contributed "languid slide guitar" in one piece, and with hammer-ons "piercing like a floodlight out of darkness" in another. Stereogum describes him as "from the same acoustic-instrumental world that gave us the great folk visionary William Tyler, and his music has the same sort of out-of-time float that Tyler’s does."

Discography

Sacred Harp

* ''Green Alum Springs'' (self-released) * ''Apparitions at the Kenmore Plantation'' (self-released)

Daniel Bachman

* ''Grey-Black-Green'' (Debacle Records) * ''Of Deathly Premonitions'' (with

) (Plustapes) * ''Oh Be Joyful'' (One Kind Favor) * ''Seven Pines'' (

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) * ''Taman Shud'' (with Ian McColm) (Feeding Tube Records) * ''Funny How Plans Change: Parts I-IV'' (Marmara Records) * ''Jesus I'm A Sinner'' (Tompkins Square) * ''Orange County Serenade'' (Bathetic Records) * ''Daniel Bachman'' (Lancashire And Somerset) * ''River'' ( Three Lobed Recordings) * ''Daniel Bachman'' (LP, Album) (Three Lobed Recordings) * '' The Morning Star'' (Three Lobed Recordings) * ''Green Alum Springs'' (Three Lobed Recordings) * ''Axacan'' (Three Lobed Recordings) * ''Lonesome Weary Blues'' (Three Lobed Recordings) * ''Almanac Behind'' (Three Lobed Recordings)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bachman, Daniel Acoustic guitarists People from Fredericksburg, Virginia American folk guitarists 1989 births Living people American male guitarists 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians