ANDERSON, MARISA - Traditional & Public Domain Songs

Channeling the history of the guitar and stretching the boundaries of traditional genres, Portland-based guitarist, composer and improviser MARISA ANDERSON possesses a unique and distinctive musical voice. Her playing is fluid, emotional, dexterous and original. Andersons recent solo albums on Mississippi Records, The Golden Hour (2011) and Mercury (2013), feature improvisations inspired by Delta blues, West African guitar, Appalachian mountain music, vintage country and western, gospel, noise, rhythms, cycles, mortality and praise. For Traditional & Public Domain Songs, Anderson reinterprets a collection of American classic folk songs in her fluent and accomplished style. Pressed in an edition of 300 copies, the record is available as a one-time offer in extremely limited quantities. -Grapefruit.