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Srowing up, she says she saw plenty of women playing guitar in folk and rock groups, but little in the way of jazz guitar.
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At 20, he moved to Manhattan's Greenwich Village, where he performed poetry, listened to folk music and learned how to play the guitar.
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The group offers a minimalist folk sound built on Nebeker's simple acoustic guitar and Dobrowski's sparse drumming.
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Her fingerpicked guitar lines and delicate melodies have roots in traditional folk, but given a choice, her songs always choose the overgrown, lesser-worn paths that lead in unexpected directions.
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But such concerns were quickly dispelled once the folk-rock trio's trademark intricate vocal harmonies and acoustic and electric guitar parts were enhanced by the JLCO's tight ensemble playing and skilled soloists such as saxophonists Sherman Irby, trumpeter Marcus Printup and trombonist Vincent Gardner.
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So you've never heard the name, Jemaine Clement, or New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo-acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo, Flight of the Conchords.
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The quartet Alt-J, whose "An Awesome Wave" won last year's Mercury Prize as Britain's best album, did much with little on stage as odd two-part vocal harmonies, a gently picked electric guitar, lush synth lines and syncopated percussion coalesced into a distinctive blend that united folk, prog rock, electronica, show tunes and hip-hop.
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