Alexander (aka David Shapiro) and Ian St. George share the bill at Best Video Film & Cultural Center on Fri., May 15. The show starts at 7 PM and the cover is $10.

Alexander is the solo project of guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Shapiro (Kath Bloom, Josephine Foster, 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.

Guitarist Ian St. George has played his brand of punk rock. He's played free improvised psychedelic guitar. And he's also conversant in the American Primitive genre of solo acoustic guitar as championed in the past by such luminaries as John Fahey. St. George will be playing in this style at Best Video.