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01. Marisa Anderson - Quodlibet
02. Marisa Anderson - Rababa
03. Marisa Anderson - Sarvi Simin
04. Marisa Anderson - Taqsim for Guitar
05. Marisa Anderson - Zar
06. Marisa Anderson - Pair of Duduk
07. Marisa Anderson - Rop Koh
08. Marisa Anderson - Hamd
09. Marisa Anderson - Whistle Song
ARTIST
TITLE
The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music (Green Vinyl)
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
THRILL 654X-LP THRILL 654X-LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/22/2026

LP version. Green color vinyl. Comes with a full 12x12 4-page color booklet with detailed track information, and extensive liner notes from Anderson. "Marisa Anderson's music transcends borders. The topography of her work interrogates the intersections of artistry and expression with form and tradition. A singular guitarist and voracious musical collaborator, Anderson crafts pieces bursting with equal parts reverence and curiosity, contouring familiar shapes into work that is wholly her own. Anderson has spent decades mining the veins of the complicated, interconnected American folk traditions she was steeped in from a young age, stretching beyond those traditions and incorporating the vocabulary and techniques of vernacular folk music from around the world into her work. Eschewing replication or revival, Anderson's music lives in conversation with tradition. The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music is drawn from nearly one thousand songs culled from the private record collection of the late Harry Smith. For this record, Anderson works on music from places that the United States has been in conflict with since 1970: Southeast Asia, the USSR and the Arabic and Islamic regions of the world. In Volume 1 Anderson presents her own deeply personal iterations of nine songs from the Anthology. Composed, transcribed and arranged through a process of trial and error, deep listening and research, Anderson charts a musical course from Afghanistan to Vietnam via Yemen, Cambodia and Turkmenistan. Interpretations of compositions from Pakistani qawwali and Syrian taqsim are played with Anderson's deft and practiced hands. Each piece on the album stands as a dialogue between Anderson and the original source recordings, refracted through the prism of her unique musical lens. Anderson's contribution to this dialogue ultimately invites the listener to join her in asking: 'Who are the people we've been told in our lifetimes are 'unamerican?'' What have we lost or been denied access to in the fallout from that label?"

"[A] musician working out emotions physically, instinctively, with her fingers on the strings." - The New York Times

"Folk guitar genius" - Stereogum