Accompanying herself on the guitar, the Appalachian mountain lap dulcimer, or autoharp, Marti Rogers sings a wide variety of songs in the folk genre, from purely traditional to contemporary, including some of her own compositions. In her strong, clear voice, she weaves a spell, taking us back to simpler times when people sat on back porches or around the hearth making their own music. "Plain" songs are Marti with one instrument, ranging from the traditional ballad, Barbara Allen, played on classical guitar; to Richard Farina's Birmingham Sunday from the turbulent ’60s with folk music standard steel-string Martin guitar; to her own Lucid, the Rambler, modern folk played on the lap dulcimer. "Fancy" songs have Marti sometimes playing more than one instrument—and joining with other musicians. Musical partner and husband, Tom Levy, blends in his rhythmic bass on four tracks. Country folk-style Rambler's Woman, and Piney Hill also have Tom Wade's exquisite Dobro. Friends Tom and Marianne Tucker add their wonderful assortment of instruments (guitar, banjo, bouzouki, whistle, and bones) to Southern mountain songs Shady Grove and Cuckoo, and Gold Doubloon, which Marti wrote to sound like an old broadside. Gold Doubloon also has the very skillful touch of engineer Mark McNutt, who contributed to the overall image and eerie feeling by adding sea and pub sounds

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