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Muriel Anderson
(1992, Muriel Anderson, CGD Music)
If you love guitar music and you've never heard Muriel Anderson, please do not delay one more moment before ordering one or both of her CDs. She plays wonderfully, and presents a varied, interesting and beautiful repertoire. This album includes pieces from the classical tradition, some gorgeous originals, and a Nashville style duet with Chet Atkins. I especially love two of Muriel's originals on this album. $16
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Muriel Anderson
(1988, CGD Music)
Muriel fell in love with the guitar at an early age and learned every style available to her. She studied classical guitar at DePaul University, and went on to study with Christopher Parkening and with Nashville legend Chet Atkins. In 1989 Muriel won the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. Heartstrings presents a wide range of beautiful tunes -- from an Irish Medley, to "Mr. Bojangles," to "Cuban Lullaby" to the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts," to Chet Atkins' arrangement of "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo." Muriel plays them all with grace and deep musicality. $15
Joan Armatrading
(1996, A&M)
She's a genius! Unique style. Incredible guitar player. Amazing singer. Joan stands somewhere at the crossroads of RR&B|Soul|Rock -- but category names are too rigid for this vital and vigorous spirit. She sings with gorgeous tone, amazing rhythm and deep soul. She plays lead and rhythm guitar with beautiful and stunning rhythm and imagination. Greatest Hits features the songs that made her famous, including "Show Some Emotion," "Down to Zero," "Love and Affection," "Willow," "Back to the Night," "Heaven," "All the Way from America," "Rosie," "Drop the Pilot," and more. $15
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Rory Block
(2002, Rounder)
In my opinion, this cover photo is some producer's fantasy of what will sell CDs, rather than an accurate portrait of Rory, or an image that evokes the spirit of her music. She looks so normal and stereotypically feminine here -- opposite to how she plays and sings. She's wild! -- which you would never imagine from this sterile photo. I've included the photo on the back because it looks more like how she sounds. But the photo that says most is on her book cover . Rory plays blues guitar with a slide, finesse and major attitude. She bends notes, snaps strings, winds a slide, slaps her guitar, and strums with percussive twists. She sings and plays blues more passionately than anyone I've ever heard. I'm Every Woman showcases Rory's singing more than her guitar playing. Her singing on this record is so gut wrenchingly passionate that I am totally involved every time I hear it. Her vocal pyrotechnics notwithstanding, you'll hear that sliding blues guitar too. Buy this record if you want to hear blues sung and played with absolute conviction and superb musicality. $15
Wow!!! This woman knows how to play!!!!
This record includes blues songs and guitar tunes, all played in the style that still bears her name: "Cotten Picking." Check out the beautiful instrumental "Washington Blues."
Elizabeth Cotten
(1983 & 1988, Arhoolie Productions, Inc.)
Born and raised in North Carolina, Libba taught herself to play guitar. She played it upside down and left-handed, and developed a two-finger picking style. Libba worked most of her life as a domestic, first in North Carolina, and then in the Washington, D.C., area for the folk-singing Seegers: ethnomusicologist Charles, his wife, Ruth, and their kids, Pete, Mike, and Peggy. In 1958 Mike recorded Libba for Folkways Records on an album called Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar. Libba performed at folk and blues festivals, including the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 and the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife from 1968 to 1971. In 1972, she won the National Folk Association's Burl Ives Award for her contribution to American folk music.
Cotten continued to record and perform throughout the '70s and early '80s. Her last album, Elizabeth Cotten Live!, recorded in 1985, won a Grammy for best traditional folk music recording. Cotten's songs have been recorded by the Grateful Dead, Taj Mahal, and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. She died in 1987. $17
Harmony Grisman
(2000, Harmony Grisman)
A medicine chest in CD format! A treasure chest of sparkling harmony! Eleven original song-potions for healing our earth and ourselves. These gorgeous and potent songs celebrate the splendor of our earth, the many aspects of love, the search for skillful ways of living, and the YES to life. Enjoy the gentle beauty of Harmony’s voice and learn these songs to lighten your way. Sing ’em and flourish! $16
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Sharon Isbin
(2001, Teldec)
This album presents some of the most gorgeous guitar music I have ever heard. Sharon writes: “The inspiration for this album is folk music – from the Appalachian Mountains, the British Isles, Spain, Greece, Israel, Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil. Folk music was what first drew me to the guitar as a child. Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Burl Ives, Malvina Reynolds, Joan Baez…these are just some of the singers I grew up hearing...Now, having traveled to some forty countries, I have come to appreciate and love the beautiful music associated with these diverse cultures that expresses the history, legends, identities, and passions of a people." With this CD, Sharon won the 2001 Grammy award for Best Instrumentalist Soloist Performance. $17