dfbm #65 ~ Looking West

Welcome to a new two hours long program. It's a compilation of most the music that I discovered over the last months. Many new artists are included as well as some classics. Most of them fit under the umbrella of John Fahey's coined label "American Primitive". I know some people don't like this label, because the music is not primitive and on the other side, it's lazy to put everything in that drawer, that uses kind of a certain picking technique.

I see it this way: mentioning Fahey or American Primitivism gives you just an idea what to expect. You won't hear Jimi Hendrix guitar solos or baroque chamber music nor free jazz. If you are tired of fingerstyle guitar or there is nobody for you, who's better than Fahey, then you know what to expect either. If you like to explore contemporary guitar players you are welcome to wrap your mind around insane picking patterns, beautiful melodies and new ideas these people are coming up with.

Are you ok with the length of my mixtapes? Do you wish smaller chunks more frequently? Let me know in the comments or over there on facebook.

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1. Matt Sowell ~ Ticonderoga – (from Live on WFMU with Irene - May 5, 2014) web
2. Magnus Dewi ~ Earth Plates – (from Earth Plates, 2014) web
3. Sarah Louise ~ Passage – (from Field Guide, 2014) web
4. Least Carpet ~ Coin Locker Rocker – (from Back Alley, 2014) web
5. Axxxxxx Sxxxxx ~ Looking West – (from VDSQ: Solo Acoustic, 2014) web
6. Chris Brokaw ~ Blues For The Moon – (from VDSQ - Solo Acoustic Volume Three, 2009) web
7. Peter Finger ~ Dancing In The Streets – (from Bottleneck Guitar Solos, 1973) web
8. Steven John Hopkins ~ A Jackdaw's Dying Breath – (from Steven John Hopkins, 2011) web
9. Marcus Eads ~ County Seat – (from Three Rivers, 2014) web
10. sean proper ~ Open – (from We are Wounds, 2014) web
11. James Tweeddale ~ Heron – (from Heron, 2013) web
12. Daniel Bachman ~ Julie Anne Johnson – (from Daniel Bachman, 2014) web
13. Kyle Fosburgh ~ The Green River On A Muggy Day – (from Traditional & Original Guitar, 2014) web
14. Langtry ~ Billy Bowlegs Blues – (from As Upon the Road Thereto, 2004) amazon
15. Andrew Bowsher ~ Two Toads – (from Wyrd & Lovely, 2014) web
16. Chuck Johnson ~ Across White Oak Mountain – (from Crows In The Basilica, 2013) web
17. E.C. Ball & Orna ~ Grandfather's Clock – (from Through The Years • 1937-1975, 1997) amazon
18. Justin Pigott & Crystalline Roses ~ My Yellow Mama – (from Split, 2009) web
19. Allysen Callery ~ Your Minnesota Sunrise – (from Mumblin' Sue, 2013) web
20. Steve Palmer ~ Six Dollar Sunglasses – (from Unblinking Sun, 2014) web
21. John Fahey ~ Impressions Of Susan – (from Volume 6 / Days Have Gone By, 1967) amazon
22. Daniel Bachman ~ And Now I Am Born To Die – (from Orange Co. Serenade, 2014) amazon
23. Marisa Anderson ~ Hard Times Come Again No More – (from Traditional and Public Domain Songs, 2013) web
24. Tatsuya Nakatani & Shane Perlowin ~ The Swinging Door – (from Anatomy of a Moment, 2013) web
25. Justin Pigott ~ Plant Me... – (from Split, 2009) web
26. William Csorba ~ Brief Discourse on the Extraterrestrial Origins of the Mississippi Delta Blues – (from The Bear Creek Child Cemetery, 2014) web
27. Ben Collier ~ Putneyville Strut – (from Reels, Rags, & Relics, 2014) web
28. Lukas Read ~ Springtime Gallop (2014) web
29. Divil A' Bit ~ Braiding the Hanging Rope – (from In Deference to the Squeamish, 2014) web
30. Anthony Pasquarosa ~ Nice Enough For Spectres – (from VDSQ - Solo Acoustic Volume Seven, 2014) web
31. Robbie Basho ~ Claire de Lune (California version) – (from Art of the Acoustic Steel String Preview, 2014) web
32. Crystalline Roses ~ Song Of The Morning Star II – (from One Man Cult, 2010) amazon
33. Nathan Golub ~ Wedding Boots – (from Ellerbee River Blues, 2014) web
34. Gregory Rago ~ The Brown Deer of Marlton, NJ – (from Sophie Blanchard Falls to Her Death, 2008) web