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Michael Hedges – Pure (Windham Hill) rel 2006
There was acoustic guitar before @michaelhedges_official and then there was acoustic guitar after Michael Hedges.
Released in 2006 as part of the @windhamhillofficial Pure series, this compilation gathers signature recordings from one of the label’s most innovative and influential artists.
Hedges approached the guitar as if nobody had bothered to tell him what it was supposed to do. Open and alternate tunings, harmonics, two-handed tapping, percussive techniques, and harp guitar all became part of a musical vocabulary that could make one player sound like an entire ensemble.
Produced across the original recordings by @williamackermanguitar , Steven Miller, and Michael Hedges himself, the collection traces a career in which extraordinary technique was always in service of something bigger: the music.
That may be Hedges’ greatest legacy. Plenty of guitarists have learned his techniques. Nobody ever quite sounded like Michael Hedges.
🎧 Listen now on your favorite streaming service.
#MichaelHedges #wh50 #WindhamHillRecords #acousticguitar
There was acoustic guitar before @michaelhedges_official and then there was acoustic guitar after Michael Hedges.
Released in 2006 as part of the @windhamhillofficial Pure series, this compilation gathers signature recordings from one of the label’s most innovative and influential artists.
Hedges approached the guitar as if nobody had bothered to tell him what it was supposed to do. Open and alternate tunings, harmonics, two-handed tapping, percussive techniques, and harp guitar all became part of a musical vocabulary that could make one player sound like an entire ensemble.
Produced across the original recordings by @williamackermanguitar , Steven Miller, and Michael Hedges himself, the collection traces a career in which extraordinary technique was always in service of something bigger: the music.
That may be Hedges’ greatest legacy. Plenty of guitarists have learned his techniques. Nobody ever quite sounded like Michael Hedges.
🎧 Listen now on your favorite streaming service.
#MichaelHedges #wh50 #WindhamHillRecords #acousticguitar
Comments (7)
14 days agohereknowevil
I've seen 30 mine the vein, but only for the shiny flash. None hear the silence and craft the space, the ringing out. The gift of composition and aural storytelling hasn't been touched...🌱
15 days agojeffreymcollins
I’ll never forget the day I read about his passing in the arts section of our local newspaper. Really made my heart sink. So blessed we are to have had him and his wonderful music with us. 👏🙏👏🙏👏
16 days agoold96er
One thing to play it, quite another to create the music. Much like Hendrix. Archetypal.
16 days agotaproot315
Miss him and his creative music style every day he was truly one of a kind and he is greatly missed 😢
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