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The Top 10 Solo Guitar Records Of 2016 By Lars Gotrich Published December 30, 2016 at 9:00 AM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email YouTubeDaniel Bachman's self-titled LP is among the year's

best solo guitar releases.

When John Fahey recorded The New Possibility in 1968 to make a few bucks off Christmas sales every year, his album title turned out to be emblematic of the solo guitar's potential. The music

grows decades later, rung out in steel vibration and wrung out from tradition. In 2016, there was an incredible bounty of guitar music across Americana, jazz, ambient, psychedelic,

experimental music and what Fahey labeled American Primitive.

For sake of focus, these 10 unranked records (and a few honorable mentions) were all primarily made by one person with the guitar as the primary instrument. That's why you don't see the

stellar records made by Chris Forsyth, Mary Halvorson, William Tyler or Cian Nugent this year, as they were backed by bands that understand their singular approaches to the instrument.

Instead, these records celebrate new possibilities in the solo exploration of six and 12 strings.

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Aycock, Church Of Level Track Dylan Golden Aycock, Church Of Level Track / Courtesy of the artist 3 of 10  — Glenn Jones, Fleeting Glenn Jones, Fleeting / Courtesy of the artist 4 of 10  — 

Jeff Parker, Slight Freedom Jeff Parker, Slight Freedom / Courtesy of the artist 5 of 10  — Kevin Hufnagel, Backwards Through The Maze Kevin Hufnagel, Backwards Through The Maze / Courtesy

of the artist 6 of 10  — Marisa Anderson, Into The Light Marisa Anderson, Into The Light / Courtesy of the artist 7 of 10  — Rob Noyes, The Feudal Spirit Rob Noyes, The Feudal Spirit /

Courtesy of the artist 8 of 10  — Roy Montgomery, R M H Q: Headquarters Roy Montgomery, R M H Q: Headquarters / Courtesy of the artist 9 of 10  — Sarah Louise, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Vol. 12

Sarah Louise, VDSQ Solo Acoustic Vol. 12 / Courtesy of the artist 10 of 10  — Willie Lane, A Pine Tree Shilling's Worth Of Willie Lane Willie Lane, A Pine Tree Shilling's Worth Of Willie

Lane / Courtesy of the artist