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9/9/2005
Don Campbell
Mary Flower
A gem of a fingerpicker who recently relocated to Portland, Flower rooted her debut Yellow Dog release, "Bywater Dance," in New Orleans, where she recorded with Crescent City heavyweights Jon Cleary, Henry Butler and Dr. Michael White.
Her sultry voice is ripe with pleasure and carries a certain elegance, as do her lyrical fingerpicking and lap-steel guitar prowess. She is a master worthy of much wider recognition. Mixing in accordion, clarinet and piano on "Bywater Dance," Flower has stirred up a bluesy, funky, yet wholly refined take on rural guitar.