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Evolving amorphously from the New Folk tradition inspired by Takoma Records artists John Fahey, Peter Lang and especially Robbie Basho, Berlin's most enigmatic steel-string guitarist Steffen Basho-Junghans exorcises radically new voices and perspectives out of the acoustic steel string guitar. Possessing an impeccable instinct and insatiable curiosity, this innovative guitar master is on a constant search to discover new possibilities for the instrument.

What truly sets Steffen Basho- Junghans apart is his willingness to eschew years of hard-won technique for the sake of emotional and compositional purity.

The music of Steffen Basho-Junghans occupies a dimension all its own. He has dramatically reinvented the possibilities of the acoustic guitar, exposing a universe-within-a-universe of the instrument by way of a radical reinterpretation of the solo steel-string tradition.

Rivers and Bridges is a pastoral experience, rich in color and texture, coursing through various moods with a river allegory at its' core. Impressionist six-string dramaturgy cascade forth, ebbing and flowing in steady raga-like waves, across placid sound pools and frothing tonal rapids. Through each piece a myriad of sounds and styles are explored, touching upon American folk, Native American linearity, Middle Eastern resonance, East Indian raga and Western classical with heartfelt ease - and often within the same tune. Propelled all the while by an intricate sense of melodic invention, the depth of imagery and complexity of texture is remarkable and simply gorgeous.

6 tracks in 55:54 minutes

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