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Muriel Anderson (born June 17, 1960) is an American fingerstyle guitarist and harp guitarist who plays in many genres. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. She is the first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship.
Historical harp guitar players include Polish guitarist-virtuoso Marek Konrad SokoĊowski (1818-1884), the German composers and guitarists Adam Darr (1811–1866) and Eduard Bayer (1822–1908) and the Italian virtuosi Pasquale Taraffo (1887–1937), [2] [7] Mario Maccaferri, Italo Meschi (1887-1957) and Luigi Mozzani.
Slim Harpo (born Isiah Moore or James Isaac Moore; February 11, 1924 [a] – January 31, 1970) [1] [2] was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day". [3] He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in
Doan's latest video project is a 90-minute documentary that he wrote and starred in titled In Search of the Harp Guitar. John hosted an International Harp Guitar Festival at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. [9] Doan was recently awarded "World's Leading Harp Guitarist" by the Brand Laureate Awards.
[5] [6] [7] In October 2013, Henson-Conant performed and represented the United States at the 7th annual World Harp Festival, in Asunción, Paraguay. As you know, a lot of my music is compositional, and there's a lot of arpeggiated guitar parts. They work really well on the harp, especially since it's an electric harp and you can process it.
By 1976 he had returned to music, forming the Merry Band with Sylvia Woods (Celtic harp), Jerry McMillan (fiddle), and Chris Caswell (flutes, and wire-strung harp). They toured extensively for three years throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, and released three albums: Journey's Edge , American Stonehenge , and A Glint at the Kindling .
Also, Don was a competitor in the prestigious U.S. National Finger-style Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Don Alder's influences come from guitar players like Michael Hedges, Don Ross and for instance Bruce Cockburn. His new album Take the Train Eh. is a groovy and up tempo album with extraordinary techniques on his selected guitars. He ...
As of early 2012, the three Glass Harp titles on Music Mill have gone out of print, [25] and are not yet available for digital purchase. In 2009, Sferra and Pecchio teamed up with Keaggy, Randy Stonehill and guitarist Mike Pachelli as "The Keaggy-Stonehill Band" and played a few dates in support of Keaggy and Stonehill's album Mystery Highway.