Various Artists - Six Strings North Of The Border, Vol. 2 - [CD]

Six Strings North of the Border, Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off with 16 more great acoustic guitar pieces that range from jigs to ballads, ragtime to blues and contemplative moods to blazing swing. Guitarists Marc Atkinson, Colin Linden, Alex Houghton, Terry Tufts, Zubot and Dawson, Dave MacIsaac, Michael Jerome Browne, Bob MacLean, Marty Posen, Kristin Sweetland David Rogers, Jon Park Wheeler, James Cohen, D'Arcy Wickham, Craig Brown and Art Turner play with the kind of skill and conviction that only comes from the finest musicians. A must-have for aficionados of great guitar music. REVIEW As a repository of fine acoustic stringed instrument recordings, Borealis is somewhat of a gold mine. -- Greg Quill, Toronto Star, January 30, 2003Celebrating Canadian guitarists, these 16 tracks range about as widely as our geography. -- Patrick Langston, Ottawa Citizen, February 8, 2003When an album like this comes along, we are reminded that the music-body electric is often better left unplugged. -- Brad Wheeler, The Globe & Mail, February 6, 2003