National Public Radio
July, 2010
Natural Causes, the new album from guitarist Steve Tibbetts, features his longtime collaborator Marc Anderson on gongs, steel drums and exotic percussion. For his part, Tibbetts plays a 12-string Martin guitar — the model played by Arlo Guthrie, Roger McGuinn, Paul Simon and Leo Kottke.
When Tibbetts plays, he creates an exotic sound that conjures images of India. He tells Liane Hansen he went to a concert in St. Paul, Minn., by Indian performer Sultan Khan that had a huge impact on his music. Khan plays a sarangi, a stringed instrument common in Indian classical music...
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