Marisa Anderson - The Anthology Of Unamerican Folk Music Vinyl LP 2026

Marisa Anderson - The Anthology Of Unamerican Folk Music

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 22nd May 2026

Tracklist:

1. Quodibet
2. Rababa
3. Sarvi Dimin
4. Taquism for Guitar
5. Zar
6. Pair of Duduk
7. Rop Koh
8. Hamd
9. Whistle Song

Marisa Anderson’s music transcends borders. The topography of her work interrogates the intersections of artistry and expression with form and tradition. Anderson crafts pieces bursting with equal parts reverence and curiosity, contouring familiar shapes into work that is wholly her own. Anderson has spent decades mining the veins of the complicated, interconnected American folk traditions she was steeped in from a young age, stretching beyond those traditions and incorporating the vocabulary and techniques of vernacular folk music from around the world into her work. Eschewing replication or revival, Anderson’s music lives in conversation with tradition. “My approach to tradition is with the hands that I have and the history that I have,” notes Anderson. “In that way it’s a collaboration–you don’t go into collaboration trying to play like the other person, you go in trying to find out how to play together.”"The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music" is drawn from nearly one thousand songs culled from the private record collection of the late Harry Smith. For this record, Anderson works on music from places that the United States has been in conflict with since 1970: Southeast Asia, the USSR and the Arabic and Islamic regions of the world. In Volume 1 Anderson presents her own deeply personal iterations of nine songs from the Anthology. Composed, transcribed and arranged through a process of trial and error, deep listening and research, Anderson charts a musical course across the globe. Each piece on the album stands as a dialogue between Anderson and the original source recordings, refracted through the prism of her unique musical lens. Anderson’s contribution to this dialogue ultimately invites asks: “Who are the people we’ve been told in our lifetimes are “unamerican?” What have we lost or been denied access to in the fallout from that label?”Product DetailsArtist: MARISA ANDERSONTitle: The Anthology Of Unamerican Folk MusicCatalogue Number: LPTHRILL654Barcode: 790377065411Label: THRILL JOCKEY RECORDSTracklistingA1. QuodibetA2. RababaA3. Sarvi DiminA4. Taquism For GuitarA5. ZarB1. Pair Of DudukB2. Rop KohB3. HamdB4. Whistle Song