
". . . The New Age people call it Folk; the Folk people call it New Age, but it is really neither. It's transitional. The style is derived from the country blues and string band music of the 20's and 30's, however much of the music is contemporary. Fahey referred to it as 'American Primitive' after the 'French Primitive' painters, meaning untutored."
"...Fahey suggested the idea of joining similar themes, and exploring both time and space. He also wanted me to try using dissonance and minor tunings. Maybe the biggest thing he put into me was the idea that a major part of music exists in the space between notes and chords."
-Peter Lang
John Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as American Primitive, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of his art. Fahey himself borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American music but also incorporated classical, Brazilian, Indian and abstract music into his eclectic œuvre. In characteristically witty fashion, he once said of his style: "How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know."
(Wikipedia)
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Concerts
- jan 28 MIE presents : Wooden Guitar Series with Cam Deas & C Joynes Castle Hotel, Manchester, Royaume-Uni
- jan 2 Yair Yona - Live in Salon Berlin Salon Berlin, Tel Aviv, Israël
- nov 12 17. Dresdner Gitarrenfest Forum am Altmarkt, Dresden, Dresde, Allemagne








