Marisa Anderson
Biography
Marisa Anderson (born in 1970 in Northern California) is an American composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist living in Portland, United States. She is primarily known for mixing American primitive guitar with various genres from throughout the United States and the rest of the world, and for her largely improvised compositions. Though primarily known for playing acoustic and electric guitars, she has also played keyboards and other instruments on her albums.
She works solo and with others. Anderson's past projects include The Dolly Ranchers and The Evolutionary Jass Band as well as collaborations with many notable musicians including Tara Jane O'Neil, Mirah, Beth Ditto, Sarah Dougher, The Devil Makes Three, Cynthia Nelson and many others.
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Her debut solo recording, Holiday Motel, was a 2006 Outmusic nominee for Best Female Debut Record.
Her second solo record, The Golden Hour, was released in January 2009 on Mississippi Records. Inspired by Delta blues, West African guitar, country and western radio from the 60s and 70s, gospel, noise, rhythms, cycles, mortality, and praise, the album features 12 improvisations for guitar and lap steel.
Anderson's music has been featured on many soundtracks including, For the Love of Dolly, Girls Rock, and Gift to Winter.
In 2026, she released "The Anthology of Unamerican Folk Music".
http://www.marisaandersonmusic.com
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.