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Marisa Anderson is an American guitarist and composer based in Portland, Oregon. She is primarily known for mixing American primitive guitar with various genres from throughout the United States and the rest of the world, and for her largely improvised compositions.
Jul 21, 2014 · Marisa Anderson knows where American guitar music has been and where it is now, and probably possesses an inkling of where it can go. She's studied the history and musical nuance of blues,...
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Marisa Anderson is classically trained, but she honed her skills playing in country, jazz and circus bands. Her music is rooted in American folk music, and inspired by 20th century classical and West African guitar techniques.
Marisa Anderson’s Still, Here is for the listener an alchemical salve, the work of a gifted player with an exceptional ability to convey the complexities of the human experience through composition.
The elegance of Jim White and Marisa Anderson’s highly attuned collaboration lays in each player’s ability to empathically spin their collective experience into music of potent and boundless beauty.
Marisa Anderson is an American guitarist and composer based in Portland, Oregon. She is primarily known for mixing American primitive guitar with various genres from throughout the United...
Jul 18, 2018 · Portland, Oregon-based Marisa Anderson channels the history of the guitar and stretches the boundaries of tradition. From spacious melancholic laments to tra...
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