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Blue Mesa is an album by American fiddle and mandolin player Peter Ostroushko, released in 1989.
Norman L. Blake (born March 10, 1938) is a traditional American stringed instrument artist and songwriter. He is half of the eponymous Norman & Nancy Blake band with his wife, Nancy Blake.
10 de feb. de 2017 · End of the Road: A Conversation with Norman Blake. By Joseph Terrell. Feb 10, 2017. Few would dispute Norman Blake’s place on the Mount Rushmore of acoustic guitarists. He’s spent 50 years defining a flat-picking style adopted by guitarists from Tony Rice to Dave Rawlings.
After recording the solo album Blue Mesa, released in 1989, with guest appearances by Norman & Nancy Blake, Daithi Sproule, and Magraw, Ostroushko and Magraw collaborated on the album Duo, released in 1991. Ostroushko's most successful recording, Heart of the Heartland, released in 1995, was an all-instrumental exploration of the Midwest.
At 83 years old, Norman Blake has earned the title of elder statesman of American folk music. His music has influenced too many other guitarists to count, has driven folk revivals for fifty years, and garnered him many awards and accolades.
Norman Blake is a North Georgia-born multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter who has enjoyed a career that has spanned nearly seventy years. While he has appeared in several bluegrass bands and has performed as a session player on a number of bluegrass albums, he thinks of himself primarily as a rural country musician.
29 de sept. de 2021 · 50 YEARS OF NORMAN BLAKE by Cliff Hall. Norman Blake, renowned Grammy award-winning musician, recounts his longstanding history with Martin guitars as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first solo album.
