Jack Shepherd

Watch Jack Shepherd's hands. His fingerstyle guitar is fast and busy, and he stacks it with beatboxing, looping and improvised arrangements while singing over the top in an earnest, direct voice. A smooth electronic edge runs underneath. The influences are all over the map, from folk, jazz and pop to blues, alt-rock and bass music, and the result doesn't sound much like anyone else. The street-polished Sydney singer-songwriter suits a listening room or a bar where people will actually turn around to watch a guitarist work.