Shadow Stories by Ava Mendoza

“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.

Tracklist

1.	The Tennessee Waltz	4:38

2.	I'm So Glad	1:51

3.	Shadowtrapping	4:26

4.	Kiss of Fire	4:35

5.	Don't Pity Me	3:08

6.	The Furious Harpy Who Followed Me Everywhere	11:57

7.	Penumbra: The Age of Almost Living	4:57

8.	In My Dreams	5:07

9.	Goodnight, Irene	5:45

10.	I'm So Tired, I'm So Glad	1:46

Credits

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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