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- Summary: The latest full-length solo release for Portland, Oregon-based guitarist Marisa Anderson was self-recorded and produced.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Folk, Avant-Garde, Neo-Traditional Folk, Structured Improvisation
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Sep 26, 2022In times of uncertainty, you might very well look to the music Anderson interprets—folk, blues, gospel—for reassurance. But the uneasiness works its way in, even to these lovely songs. Anderson captures that conjunction of solitude and stress, of beauty in the moment and angst about what’s next, in a way that reflects very clearly on the last couple of years.
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Sep 26, 2022Anderson's gift is less about her technical virtuosity, than in her ability to contain complex moods and emotions in even the sparest of parts. Aptly titled with its comma-assisted double meaning, Still, Here is indeed a meditation on both resilience and stillness of the mind.
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UncutSep 26, 2022The result is quietly dizzying. [Oct 2022, p.25]
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Sep 26, 2022Anderson finds flashes of beauty even when she seems to be casting about for something to say; were she a less graceful guitarist, this stretch might derail Still, Here’s momentum entirely.