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Michael Hedges
5+ albums
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Michael Alden Hedges (December 31, 1953 - December 2, 1997) was an American acoustic guitarist and composer. Known as a guitar virtuoso, he utilized unconventional playing techniques, and much of his output was classified as New Age music. Hedges died in a car accident and won a posthumous Grammy Award for his album Oracle. His musical training focused primarily on 20th-century modern composition. He listened to Martin Carthy, John Martyn, and the Beatles, but his compositions were inspired by Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Anton Webern, and Steve Reich, as well as experimental composers such as Morton Feldman. He considered himself a composer who played the guitar, rather than a guitarist who composed music; he is often categorized as a New Age musician due to his stylistic connection and close connection to Windham Hill. Discography: Breakfast in the Field (Windham Hill, 1981)Aerial Boundaries (Windham Hill, 1984)Watching My Life Go By (Open Air, 1985)Santabear's First Christmas (1986)Live on the Double Planet (Windham Hill, 1987)Taproot (Windham Hill, 1990)Princess Scargo and the Birthday Pumpkin (1993)The Road to Return (High Street, 1994)Oracle (Windham Hill, 1996)Torched (Windham Hill, 1999) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
