Noise Pop: Marisa Anderson

Channeling the history of the guitar and stretching the boundaries of traditional genres, Portland-based guitarist, composer and improviser Marisa Anderson possess a unique and distinctive musical voice. Her playing is fluid, emotional, dexterous and original. Anderson’s second solo record, The Golden Hour (Mississippi Records 2011), features twelve improvisations inspired by Delta blues, West African guitar, vintage country and western, gospel, noise, rhythms, cycles, mortality, and praise.