Taproot (album)

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Taproot
Taproot Michael Hedges.jpg
Studio album by
Michael Hedges
Released1990
StudioSpeech & Hearing Clinic, Mendocino, CA
Genre New-age, world
Length40:27
Label Windham Hill
Producer Michael Hedges
Michael Hedges chronology
Live on the Double Planet
(1987)		Taproot
(1990)		 The Road to Return
(1994)

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

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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." [1]

Reissue

The album was reissued in 2011 by Valley Entertainment. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Michael Hedges except where noted.

  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 2)" – 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

References

  1. 1 2 Jeffries, Vincent. "Taproot > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Taproot". Valley Entertainment-Windham Hill Records. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
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