How many John Fahey releases are on Riffiter?

78 releases are catalogued, spanning 1959 to 2025.

What genre is John Fahey?

John Fahey is catalogued under Blues.

What is the most recent John Fahey release on Riffiter?

A Dance (Live Sausalito '73), released in 2025.

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John Fahey

John Fahey is a blues artist formed in 1939. 78 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Blues · Best blues albums

78
Releases: 1959–2025
Active years: 1939
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John Fahey (February 28, 1939–February 22, 2001) combined American folk, blues, Indian raga, 20th century modernism and European classical into a musical gestalt he called “American Primitive”, establishing a form of classical music (“concert music” as he conceptualized it) for solo steel-string acoustic guitar with the emotive and compositional complexity of kindred classical forms from Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Indic, Malian and other traditions. His efforts to elevate his instrument in this way ran in parallel to his British counterparts like Davey Graham and John Renbourn. Widely heralded as one of the greatest fingerstyle guitarists of all time, it is rare to find a solo fingerstyle steel-string acoustic guitarist worth their salt that does not cite Fahey as an influence. A very diverse array of artists, including Slint, Cul de Sac (with whom he has also collaborated on a 1997 record), Sonic Youth, and Jim O’Rourke also acknowledge his influence. Late in his life he began recording increasingly experimental music.

John Fahey in brief

How many John Fahey releases are on Riffiter?: 78 releases are catalogued, spanning 1959 to 2025.
When was John Fahey formed?: John Fahey formed in 1939.
What genre is John Fahey?: John Fahey is catalogued under Blues.
What is the most recent John Fahey release on Riffiter?: A Dance (Live Sausalito '73), released in 2025.