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Shadow Stories

by Ava Mendoza

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I'm So Glad 01:51
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Kiss of Fire 04:34
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In My Dreams 05:06
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“What obscure, overlooked master playing in some slashing, raw-yet-virtuosic manner is this?” asked Nels Cline.

In this, her solo debut, guitarist Ava Mendoza starts from old melodies already tattooed on your brain, then applies sufficient heat to peel that paint leaving you re-pinked and wondering what’s next.

What’s next are original compositions, heavy, gorgeous, oddly reverby, layers that build, blister and flake away to alight indelibly on your mind. Just as Mendoza reprises those traditional tunes, you discover she’s walked you far into a lost countryside. How, or whether, to get back will be your own business.

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released April 1, 2010

Arranged By – Ava Mendoza
Artwork – Suzanne Shaffer
Guitar – Ava Mendoza
Liner Notes – Nels Cline
Mastered By – Jake Rodriguez
Mixed By – The Norman Conquest (tracks: 1, to 4, 6, 8 to 10)
Written-By – Angel G. Villoldo* (tracks: 4), Art Sizemore* (tracks: 2, 10), Ava Mendoza (tracks: 3, 5 to 7), George A. Little (tracks: 2, 10), Gussie L. Davis (tracks: 8, 9), Pee Wee King (tracks: 1), Redd Stewart (tracks: 1), Skip James (tracks: 2, 10)

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Ava Mendoza New York

AVA MENDOZA is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. Her guitar work has received acclaim for its technique and viscerality. She is best known as leader of experimental rock band Unnatural Ways, and as a solo performer on guitar/voice. Performing/recording credits include work with Carla Bozulich, Fred Frith, Malcolm Mooney, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, John Zorn, and Negativland. ... more

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