Marisa Anderson has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 24 December 2013. Marisa Anderson's music has been featured on 38 episodes.

Marisa Anderson is a composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist living in Portland, United States. She works solo and with others. Anderson's past projects include The Dolly Ranchers and The Evolutionary Jass Band as well as collaborations with many notable musicians including Tara Jane O'Neil, Mirah, Beth Ditto, Sarah Dougher, The Devil Makes Three, Cynthia Nelson and many others.

Her second solo record, The Golden Hour, will be released in January on Mississippi Records. The Golden Hour is inspired by Delta blues, West African guitar, country and western radio from the 60's and 70's, gospel, noise, rhythms, cycles, mortality, and praise. The Golden Hour features 12 improvisations for guitar and lap steel.

Anderson's music has been featured on many soundtracks including, For the Love of Dolly, Girls Rock, and Gift to Winter. Her debut solo recording Holiday Motel was a 2006 Outmusic nominee for Best Female Debut Record.

http://www.marisaandersonmusic.com