category: instrumental folk / country / jazz / blues / easy listening

Album review:
"A splendid blend of technique, stealth melodies, and frothy imagination, "Guitar Fingerstyle 2" delightfully cherry-picks selections from 15 individual recordings, 10 from outside the Narada catalog. Executive producers ARTIE TRAUM (who opens the disc with a breezy, blue-tinged duet with LAURENCE JUBER) and Michael Sullivan top-load this engaging package with a series of clever, note-dense productions that alternately charm and bedazzle listeners, smartly articulating the earthy appeal of the finger-style craft.

Particularly noteworthy: "Saturn" from DEAN MAGRAW, a fairly rollicking duet with mandolinist PETER OSTROUSHKO (Prairie Home Companion), and "Old Growth" from STEPHEN BENNETT, a bluesy, bottlenecked mini-symphony of whimsy on harp guitar. The disc loses some steam during the second half, favoring a more laid-back approach, yet overall its rewards are ample for both casual listeners and demanding finger-style devotees." -- Terry Wood

CD Track Listing

  1. Swing Shift - ARTIE TRAUM w/ LAURENCE JUBER (Traum / Juber) (4:54)
  2. Big Buck - DON ROSS (Ross) (3:03)
  3. Playground - AL PETTEWAY & AMY WHITE (White / Petteway) (4:51)
  4. Saturn - DEAN MAGRAW w/PETER OSTROUSHKO (mandolin) (Macgraw) (4:42)
  5. RayJoyce - DAN SCHWARTZ (Schwartz) (4:42)
  6. Old Growth - STEPHEN BENNETT (Bennett) (5:09)
  7. Fall Of A Sparrow - LAURENCE JUBER (Juber) (5:15)
  8. Mna na hEireann (The Women of Ireland) - WILLIAM COULTER & BENJAMIN VERDERY (Riada) (3:14)
  9. Novella - BENJAMIN WOOLMAN (Woolman) (4:11)
10. Darn That Dream - ALEX DE GRASSI (De Lange / Van Huesen) (3:29)
11. Maestro Pietro - PEPPINO D'AGOSTINO (D'Agostino) (4:17)
12. Where The Heart Is - MURIEL ANDERSON w/ PHIL KEAGGY (Anderson) (3:38)
13. Ricochet Matilda - RICH NIEBAUM (Niebaum) (3:27)
14. Hold On To Forever - BILLY McLAUGHLIN (McLaughlin) (5:28)
15. Gone Fishin' - PAT KIRTLEY (Kirtley) (2:16)

  Total timing: 62:36

Label/No: Narada 50772

Release date: 2001