Shawn James: Flew Too close To The Sun Tour

Shawn James lands in Madrid with his Flew Too Close To The Sun Tour. On March 20, 2026, Teatro Eslava will host this singer-songwriter, born in Chicago and based in Arkansas, whose repertoire moves between folk, blues, soul and a rock tinged with gospel. Raised singing in choirs as a child and trained as a sound engineer, he began recording solo in the early 2010s with an austere approach—voice and guitar up front—before adding an electric edge with The Shapeshifters.

His first full-length, Shadows (2012), established a sombre, introspective imagination, followed by The Gospel According to Shawn James & The Shapeshifters (2014), closer to blues rock, and On the Shoulders of Giants (2016), which carried a cinematic folk vein. His rendition of “Through the Valley,” featured in the trailer for The Last of Us Part II, instantly expanded his international reach. He then released The Dark & The Light (2019) and A Place in the Unknown (2022), alternating acoustic ballads, electric weight and vocal passages that verge on the spiritual. Live, his blend of dark folk, rural blues and rough-edged soul unfolds without embellishment.