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Various Songs of the African Coast: Cafe Music of Liberia and Ghana. - Brief Article - sound recording review Guthrie Alberts The first five songs on this album are sung over bright, swinging, "palm wine" acoustic guitar and a percussive scraper--a sound familiar ......(Continue Reading) Give music a chance: despite Damon and ms Dynamite, today's protest singers can't match Dylan and Lennon - Features A line in Edwyn Collins's biggest hit, "A Girl Like You", sums up our current predicament: "Too many protest singers, not enough protest songs". The ......(Continue Reading)Guitar goddess: classical guitarist Sharon Isbin talks about hiking the Rockies, nurturing talent at Juilliard, and playing J.S. Bach and Joan Baez - music After classical guitarist Sharon Isbin came out in Out magazine in 1995, she didn't think people would be all that interested. She found out differently ......(Continue Reading)Stefan Grossman: Country Blues Guitar in Open Tunings STEFAN GROSSMAN Country Blues Guitar in Open Tunings Grossman's Guitar Workshop 969 JOHN SEBASTIAN AND HAPPY TRAUM The Fingerpicking Blues of Mississippi ......(Continue Reading)Takillacta: Music Of The People Andean Songs - Sound Recording Review Narxos World 76036 Not just squeaky panpipes, this is Andean music that has absorbed the World Music sound--and not the reverse. Composed of South ......(Continue Reading)
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