Instrumental acoustic sets in the American Primitive tradition — mountain-rooted fingerpicking, no vocals, available for events across Western North Carolina and beyond.
I'm Josh Q — a fingerstyle guitarist playing instrumental acoustic music in the Blue Ridge. No band, no vocals: just steel strings and twenty-three years of practice.
I play covers from the American Primitive tradition — the folksy, mountain-rooted instrumental style pioneered by players like John Fahey and Leo Kottke. Fingerpicking only, often in alternate tunings, with melodies that carry themselves.
It's music made for the mountains: unhurried and at home outdoors. Catch me busking around the region, or bring the sound to your event anywhere in Western North Carolina or Upstate South Carolina — background music that sets the mood without stealing the show.
For clips from recent sets, find me on YouTube and Instagram.
Photo by Justin Clark · @justin_clark_photography
Weddings, private parties, breweries, banquets, and outdoor gatherings across Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.
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