And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer, Charlie Brown

I'm doing 2 nights in March at Roulette in Brooklyn with EVERYTHING — Guitar Quartet, Louies, How to Rescue Things, Corsano/Orcutt PLUS sets by everyone whose records I've released. Get details and tickets now! FRIDAY 3/20: roulette.org/event/bill-o... SATURDAY 3/21: roulette.org/event/bill-o...

New profile pic photo by Petra Cvelbar at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal. August 8, 2025. www.petracvelbar.com

Preorder no more, "Another Perfect Day" has left the nest! Get it on the Orcutt bandcamp — CD, LP & Digital billorcutt.bandcamp.com/album/anothe...

It’s Neil Young’s 80th birthday. Here is my arrangement of his song “You and Me” that I uploaded to the internet 13 years ago, when he was 67.

“Inspired fingerstyle arrangements of Mingus, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin and Alice Coltrane open new pathways for post-Fahey guitar soli.” Finally got my hands on the November issue of The Wire. Many thanks @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for the nice words about my set at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon.

Photo while walking my dog this morning

They finally built a machine that can simulate peaking on edibles

“Solo at Cafe Oto further validates Parish as a prolific rising force whose ax-wielding wizardry covers a wide range of stylistic bases…this live set captures the sonic spectrum of Parish’s repertoire in all its investigative, meditative—and shredding—glory.” www.treblezine.com/9-great-expe...

With one of my students, I am currently analyzing Bach chorales and transcribing Sonny Sharrock solos. We divide our time evenly between the two in each lesson, which occur twice a week. We’re having a good time!

I love a Georgia sky.

Vinyl reckoning: Early Friday morning listening, @shaneparish.bsky.social “Repertoire” (Palilalia), 2024.

This is Bob Dylan to me.

I opened the vaults and made three back catalog solo guitar recordings publicly available on my Bandcamp page, for today is Bandcamp Friday. “Shaking the Phantom Limb” (2011), “Odei” (2014), “Death Bell Knellin” (2020). shaneparish.bandcamp.com

Feeling this 😒

Rip It Up And Start Again. I just finished reading this great book about post-punk. I love Simon Reynolds’ writing. I’m about halfway through “Energy Flash”, his tome on the history of electronic music.

“Chasin’ the Trane” by John Coltrane, born 99 years ago today. So grateful for his music. 🔥♥️🙏

Miles Davis’s trumpet solo on “Autumn Leaves” from the 1958 Cannonball Adderly album “Somethin’ Else” on Blue Note Records. This is my solo guitar interpretation this morning. It’s the first day of fall. A change is gonna come. 🍂

Gotta say it’s apparent which Disney execs weren’t watching Andor.

Walked the dog up Whiteside Mountain. Highlands, NC.

I will be playing at commune in Atlanta on Wednesday, September 24. www.communeatl.com

Sadly more appropriate today

I choose to view the flags flown at half-staff as being for the students and teachers who have been killed, injured and traumatized by school shootings.

I started watching Andor. I’m on episode 3. Cool show!

It felt autumnal enough this morning to be riffing on “Blackwaterside”. 🍂 🌕

Bandcamp Friday. Thanks for the support! I’m working hard over here on the next acoustic guitar album. shaneparish.bandcamp.com

Just realized this Autechre song is in sonata form.

“He has a consummate sense of pace, and a keen knack for audio storytelling.” Many thanks to David Cristol and Free Jazz Blog for this review of my solo set at Jazz Em Agosto. www.freejazzblog.org/2025/09/jazz...

“Parish appears as the most laid-back person to ever walk on a stage, his unfazed demeanor at odds with the somewhat obsessive-manic aesthetics of the music.” 😂😎 FreeJazzBlog reviews the Ahleuchatistas set at Jazz Em Agosto. www.freejazzblog.org/2025/09/jazz...

Delighted to find this at my neighborhood shop. Read/listen here: shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/solo-a...

Opening a door to ten more doors. Morning improv 8/27/25p

Today, cooler weather. I worked on arrangements for my next album, taught lessons on Bach, Frantz Casseus, and John Coltrane, drove my daughter all over town to her afterschool activities. It’s shaping up to be a nice fall despite the fact that we are racing towards full blown fascism. 🍂

“Solo at Cafe OTO pulls off a rare feat for a live record: it doesn’t just make you feel like you were there, but it makes you want to be there the next time it happens,” writes Roz Milner. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7916070... @rozmilner.bsky.social

I played a solo acoustic set in Lisbon in the most magnificent hall I’ve ever been in, to the most people I’ve ever played for. I played for an hour, but it felt like one minute. Thank you so much to Jazz Em Agosto and to everyone who came out to share this time with me.

Lisbon.

Ahleuchatistas plays at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal on Friday, August 8. And I play a solo acoustic set on Saturday. 🇵🇹

Whoa! Congrats to Bill Orcutt for his cover story in the August issue of Wire Magazine. It’s a blast and an honor to be a small part of his story. Check it out! 🤘 @billorcutt.bsky.social @thewiremagazine.bsky.social

Playing a little slide geetar with Ahleuchatistas in Columbia last night. Tonight we play in Durham at Shadowbox.

Listen to Shane, this is one of my favorite records I've gotten in the past few months. Mesmerizing solo electric guitar.

Released one month ago today, Solo at Cafe OTO. It’s Bandcamp Friday, so no better time to grab an LP before they are all gone. shaneparish.bandcamp.com/album/solo-a...

About to play a handful of shows and realizing how archaic it is these days to pull up with amplifiers and drums and guitars, and I love it!

I have some shows coming up starting Friday with Trevor Dunn and Danny Piechocki, aka AHLEUCHATISTAS. A southeastern US swing and a set at Jazz Em Agosto in Lisbon, Portugal.

“Feels so Good” RIP Chuck Mangione

AHLEUCHATISTAS in Athens, GA. August 5. At Hendershot’s with Kenosha Kid.

Some of yall have never tripped balls listening to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as a teenager and it shows.

The great Ozzy Osbourne has gone through the final change on this plane of existence. Here is an arrangement of “Changes” by Black Sabbath that I humbly offer in tribute. RIP.

AHLEUCHATISTAS in Asheville, NC! The birthplace of AHLEUCHATISTAS! Static Age Records! August 1!