She's a virtuosa performer in a style heard infrequently these days -- the finger-picked guitar tradition known as the 'Piedmont blues.' Using a 2- and 3-fingered technique similar to that of other North Carolina guitarists such as Elizabeth Cotten and Reverend Gary Davis, Etta fingerpicks with clarity and precision. However, she never sacrifices emotion for technique, creating music that's remarkable in range and depth -- by turns gentle and strong, subtle and assertive. This 1991 album contains her first recordings since 1956: masterworks from an exceptional artist.

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