New York City has a long tradition of outstanding fingerstyle guitar players, and Andy Polon is one of the heirs of a direct lineage that includes Lead Belly, the Rev. Gary Davis (from whom a young Polon took guitar lessons), Dave Van Ronk and Stefan Grossman. With this work, Polon pays tribute to his predecessors, with genetically altered covers of such familiar pieces as "Pallet On Your Floor," "New St. James Infirmary," and a tribute to Van Ronk comprising "Good Old Wagon," "Careless Love," and "Come Back Baby." Although Polon brings formidable technique and a rakish enthusiasm to these covers, he shines most brightly on his original material like the lush "Waterfall" (which features an appropriate cascade of single notes underpinning his dreamlike vocal), and the convoluted-but-melodic "Andy's Augmented Rag."---MP from Sing Out! Vol. 42 # 4

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