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Taproot (album)

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Released
  
1990

Length
  
40:27

Producer
  
Michael Hedges

Genre
  
New-age, world

Label
  
Windham Hill

Recorded
  
Speech & Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, CA

Taproot is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It was a Grammy nominee for Best New Age Album.

Contents

Reception

Music critic Vincent Jeffries, writing for Allmusic, wrote of the album "The music is touching in its purity and conveyance of honor and affection... With its yearning melodies and expressive yet mature emotional language, Taproot reinforces Hedges' reputation as a gifted, self-realized composer, musician, and human being."

Reissue

The album was reissued in 2011 by Valley Entertainment.

Track listing

  • All compositions by Michael Hedges except as noted.
  • “Song of the Spirit Farmer” arranged by E. J. Ulrich.
  • Lyrics to “i carry your heart” by e. e. cummings.
    1. "The Naked Stalk" – 1:43
    2. "The Jealous Tunnel/About Face" – 4:20
    3. "The Jade Stalk" – 3:55
    4. "Nomad Land" – 1:54
    5. "Point A" – 1:33
    6. "Chava's Song" – 3:14
    7. "Ritual Dance" – 2:17
    8. "Scenes (on the road to Shrub)" – 4:23
    9. "The First Cutting" – 3:02
    10. "Point B" – 1:57
    11. "Song of the Spirit Farmer" – 4:45
    12. "The Rootwitch" – 2:29
    13. "I Carry Your Heart" (Hedges, e. e. cummings) – 4:55

    Personnel

  • Michael Hedges – guitar, vocals, bass, flute, tin whistle, synthesizer, piano, drums, percussion, sound effects
  • Michael Manring – fretless bass ("I Carry Your Heart")
  • David Crosby – harmony vocals ("I Carry Your Heart")
  • Graham Nash – harmony vocals ("I Carry Your Heart")
  • Bryan Lanser – percussion, drums ("The Jealous Tunnel/About Face", "The First Cutting")
  • Mike Moore – clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone ("The Jade Stalk", "Nomad Land", "Scenes (on the road to Shrub)")
  • Mindy Rosenfeld - unspecified

    • References

    Taproot (album) Wikipedia
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