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Fifteen-year-old Roman Barten-Sherman has been playing blues guitar since the age of four. His repertoire has been inspired by the deep traditions of pre-war delta, piedmont, hill country blues and primitive American folk.

Now 2018 brings the release of Barten-Sherman’s fifth album, simply titled Roman Barten-Sherman. Featuring thirteen acoustic, original instrumental compositions, Roman Barten-Sherman finds Roman striking off into new territory, drawing musical inspiration from instrumental guitar legends of the blues and new American acoustic underground, from past-masters Rev. Gary Davis and Robert Belfour to modern purveyors Sir Richard Bishop and Ralph E. White, these extemporaneous compositions are based on Barten-Sherman stretching out country blues into new and uncharted realms.

Although still drawing from the deep well of acoustic blues that he has been perfecting for the last decade, the new material could be heard as an outgrowth of the acoustic finger-picking style perfected by artists on the Takoma Records label in the 1960s and 1970s like Leo Kottke and Peter Lang, but especially the label’s founder, the legendary acoustic guitar master John Fahey. Although often tagged with the ‘folk’ label at the time, Fahey’s famous 60s recordings were in fact a wide-ranging hybrid of styles that formed a new American vernacular, and Barten-Sherman has tapped into that deep vein of true Americana here.

Barten-Sherman’s playing has evolved into a fluid, highly evocative personal style that moves from the stately “Frederick Maryland” to the melancholy “How We Lost the War,” and on to the darker side of “Seldom Seas” to more forceful numbers like “Oceanic Ramblings” and the up-tempo “Utility Rag.” A track like “Hole Grass” seems to pack a whole universe of experience into three minute song, evoking something(s) mysterious and sublime.

Roman Barten-Sherman’s evolution is evident on every note played on his new record, which was recorded by Tucson local Al Perry and mixed by Jim Waters.

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released April 7, 2018

Roman Barten-Sherman-Compositions and guitar
Recorded by Al Perry
Mixed & mastered by Jim Waters, Waterworks West, Tucson

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Roman received a handmade banjo from Ben Todd of Lonesome Shack at the age of 2. She has immersed herself in fingerstyle, country blues and ragtime guitar, including the music of Fred McDowell, Blind Blake and John Fahey. Besides writing her own songs, Roman draws from a deep repertoire that runs from the haunted blues of the Delta to raggy dance tunes. ... more

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