Name: La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings
Brand: EMI Music & Marketing
SKU: 60371
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La Guitara

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Album: La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Invocation - Wu Man
2)	Catedral: II Allegro Solemne, La - Sharon Isbin
3)	Bound Brook - Patty Larkin
4)	Let's Go to Town - Memphis Minnie
5)	Lady Byrd - Mimi Fox
6)	Kewpie Station - Kaki King
7)	Sidu (Grandmother) - Ellen McIlwaine
8)	Prel£dio e Toccatina - Badi Assad
9)	Bear, The - Alex Houghton
10)	Joy - Vicki Genfan
11)	Rumores de la Caleta - Muriel Anderson
12)	Guitar Ditty 1 - Rory Block
13)	Whammy Damage - Jennifer Batten
14)	Wilson Rag - Elizabeth Cotten

Album: La Guitara: Gender Bending Strings
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Invocation - Wu Man
2)	Catedral: II Allegro Solemne, La - Sharon Isbin
3)	Bound Brook - Patty Larkin
4)	Let's Go to Town - Memphis Minnie
5)	Lady Byrd - Mimi Fox
6)	Kewpie Station - Kaki King
7)	Sidu (Grandmother) - Ellen McIlwaine
8)	Prel£dio e Toccatina - Badi Assad
9)	Bear, The - Alex Houghton
10)	Joy - Vicki Genfan
11)	Rumores de la Caleta - Muriel Anderson
12)	Guitar Ditty 1 - Rory Block
13)	Whammy Damage - Jennifer Batten
14)	Wilson Rag - Elizabeth Cotten

Performer Notes

Personnel: Memphis Minnie (guitar); Abel Domingues (E-bow, sampler); Wu Man (pipa); Ross Murray (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Bette Warner; Patty Larkin.
Photographers: J. Henry Fair; Ross Murray; Johsel Namkung; Jana Leon; Shonna Valeska; Ian Allen; David Belove.
Arranger: Muriel Anderson.
This revelatory overview of a dazzling roster of women guitarists spans both time and genre, from the blues of Memphis Minnie's 1940s "Let's Go to Town" to the contemporary ex-subway performer Kaki King's percussive, innovative "Kewpie Station." Perennially rediscovered phenomenon Ellen McIlwaine contributes a stunning raga-style improvisation on "Sidu (Grandmother)," and Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist Badi Assad's "Preludio e Toccatina" inventively fuses flamenco and jazz. There are pyrotechnics galore on Jennifer Batten's electrifying "Whammy Damage," while pipa player (it's a kind of lute) Wu Man incorporates Chinese classical music and electronics on her album-opening "Invocation." The breadth of musical scope and wealth of talent on display here is breathtaking.

Professional Reviews

Dirty Linen (p.55) - "Some of these musicians are fairly well known, or legendary, while a few others are masters of an eclectic style that's hard to categorize..."