Bert Jansch & John Renbourn – Stepping Stones
Style: Folk Baroque, British Folk
Vibes: Intertwined, Mellow, Pastoral, Morning, Romantic, Warm
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Technical, Melodic
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Sandy Bull: E pluribus unum
Style: Acid Folk, Folk-Rock Influences: Arabic Folk, Blues, Raga
Moods: Mysterious, Confident, Serpentine, Searching, Psychedelic, Desert, Determined, Earthy, Flowing, Impressionistic, Introspective, Meandering, Meditative, Ritualistic
Musical Qualities: Modal, Acoustic, Improvisation, Instrumental, Solo, Bluesy
Instrumentation: Oud, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Electric Bass
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John Fahey – The Yellow Princess
Style: American Primitive Guitar, Appalachian Folk, Avant-Folk
Moods: Contemplative, Spring, Pastoral, Bluesy, Meditative, Rustic, Mellow, Hypnotic, Rootsy, Nature
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Fingerstyle, Instrumental, Sparse, Progressive
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Sandy Bull – Inventions
Styles: Free-Folk, Jazz-Folk, Classical Guitar, Country Blues
Moods: Searching, Impressionistic, Hypnotic, Meditative, Exploratory, Spiritual
Musical Qualities: Instrumental, Acoustic, Improvisation, Virtuosic
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Julius Lester – Departures
Style: Folk, Acoustic Blues, Singer/Songwriter
Vibe: Outsider, Rebellious, Melancholy, Storytelling, Intimate, Philosophical, Personal, Political
Musical Qualities: Acoustic, Sparse, Bluesy, Lyrical
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Larry Coryell – Spaces
Style: Jazz Fusion
Vibe: Angular, Complex, Energetic, Triumphant,
Musical Attriubtes: Improvisation, Instrumental, Progressive, Riffs, Technical
Musicians: Larry Corryell, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Miroslav Vitous, Billy Cobham
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Sandy Bull – Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo
On his debut album, the guitar and banjo virtuoso starts off with a 22-minute droning epic fusing American and Arabic Folk music with Indian Raga on his acoustic guitar (often trying to imitate the feeling of the oud). Here, he is accompanied by the fluid, driving drums of Billy Higgins. Side 2 is made up of 4 shorter solo pieces, mostly for the banjo, including an impressive rendition of “Carmina Burana” by German composer Carl Orff and a folky mountain song.
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