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 Peter Finger
Open Strings
(Acoustic Music Records AMC 1173)
Coming from one of the true masters of fingerstyle acoustic
guitar, 'Open Strings' is an instrumental landscape painted
by a guitarist with a richly diverse musical heritage. The
production is meticulous and impressive. It is a mesmerizing
steel-string acoustic album that highlights Peter Finger's
ear for melody and a developed percussive attack. Finger
favors a variety of tunings and fans of acoustic music will
find this CD immediately accessible as Peter Finger has
clearly defined his own voice from his many years of
experience. Peter uses fingerpicks, instead of his nails,
and actually tapes them to his fingers for stability, a
clever technique that results in pristine clarity, and a
sharp attack without the the tap-dancing noises often
associated with fingerpicks.
He is a guitarist with a sure, non-flashy touch, good
original tunes and a fine sense of dynamics and control. A
pleasing album,with drive and sensitivity equally mixed.
Driving rhythms, beautiful tone and deft technique--a
dynamite combination. This is one of those rare recordings
that is immediately accessible, and gets better with the
repeated listenings it encourages.
Review by Ben Kettlewell
information:
Acoustic Music Records
Postfach 1945
49009 Osnabrück
Tel.:0541/710020
email: acoustic-music@t-online.de
website: http://www.acoustic-music.de/
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