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Jazz guitar ‘genius’ Mary Halvorson on cocktails, tarot and making music that combusts
The 43 year old likes to disrupt tradition with noise, experimental and indie influences. She explains how new album Cloudward is yet another curveball
In 2019, Halvorson was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the “genius” grant, though soon the global pandemic brought life as a globetrotting player to a screeching halt. After her hectic touring life, Halvorson saw it as some much needed downtime and delved into all manner of new hobbies: practising yoga, studying tarot, learning how to make cocktails and watching basketball. The biggest change I made consciously was to leave a lot more space and breath.” In the past, she might have augmented her group or formed a new band altogether, but she loved the sextet responsible for Amaryllis so much that she kept it intact.
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