SOLO GUITAR

Mark Fosson's been playing music for nearly 50 years

now. Solo Guitar is the 5th album released under his name

in all that time, which gives an insight into the nature of his

music; when it is time for Mark to commit to something

underneath his fingers, regardless of whether that is after

two years, ten or twenty, that's what's right.

Solo Guitar shares something with kY, as Mark continues to

use his chops and enthusiasm to wander musically, drawing

up pieces of sparkling, nimble fingerstyle with an eclectic

vision. As the title implies, this time Mark is focused on

the austerity of the guitar, plain and simple, to bring out

the music. Whether on six- or twelve-string, his sure touch

is transported by crystal-clear recordings that belie their

down-home origins, as they catch the contours of every

string as it is pressed, bent and struck-a full-bodied sound

projecting soulful dips down into bass strings and shimmering upper register runs with equal power. The air around

these performances is colored with curving waves of steel-
stringed beauty, and the pungency of free-wheeling wit and

recollection.