Elegant Tern

Offering melodies and compositional complexities that lend themselves to repeated listenings, Elegant Tern, by California fingerstylist Clarelynn Rose, is a CD that soothes, uplifts, and paints wonderful images in the minds of her listeners. Taking advantage of the advice and feedback of acoustic guitarist Alex de Grassi, Rose has developed a sense for orchestration and dynamics in her solo instrumental works. She credits the influences of John Renbourn's music for injecting a Celtic influence into her folksy, new age style. All of her pieces use alternate tunings, which are carefully documented in the liner notes of Elegant Tern. Fans of relaxing acoustic music would have no problem getting into Rose's music - it's a great yin to the yang of some of the more aggressive fingerstyle work you hear these days.