JUST ANNOUNCED & ON SALE NOW: Mary Flower and Leon Cotter play Show Bar at Revolution Hall on July 23rd! Brilliant fingerpicking guitarist Mary Flower and internationally touring reed veteran Leon Cotter (CA Honeydrops) unite under a harmonious umbrella of blues, jazz and New Orleans music, celebrating the release of their debut CD, ‘Chants of Rain!’ Tickets are on sale now.
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TICKETS 🎟️ truewest.info/MF26
“Chants of Rain” is their first CD, from Little Village Music, a nonprofit record company devoted to bringing diverse music to the public in pursuit of a more harmonious world.You will hear their extraordinary musical bond from the first note. Blues, jazz, old-time New Orleans music; it has all of that and more — there’s a pinch of elegant magic, too.” — Dennis McNally
Mary is artistic director for a guitar intensive every year called Menucha’s Blues in the Gorge. In ’26 the dates will be Oct 7-11 Learn More.
Mary’s instructional DVDs are now available as digital downloads on the DVD page.
Flower is a renowned guitar instructor, teaching at music camps and festivals, offering lessons online and in person, and frequently crafting articles and tips as a regular contributor to Acoustic Guitar. But she cannot be narrowly defined. Livin’ with the Blues Again showcases her talents as a complete artist, deeply versed in an array of vernacular styles for which she demonstrates an abiding love that underlies her quietly jaw-dropping technique. She may not sing with the soulful grit and urgency of Rory Block, Maria Muldaur, or Bonnie Raitt, but her stylistic range is broader, approaching that of David Bromberg or Ry Cooder. What fun for those who don’t know her music to discover her here.
—Acoustic Guitar Magazine
link to full review
Mary Flower was recently honored with the Best of the West award by Folk Alliance Region West (FAR-West).
