and old-time music. On his third album, Full Circle (1994) he concentrated on acoustic blues and slide guitar, with Cooder as an influence. "Furtado mixes Americana, folk, indie-rock, blues, and jazz styles." "As a banjo virtuoso, Furtado is well known for his envelope-pushing, progressive bluegrass stylings. His picking is rapid-fire quick, sharp and clear, and puts him in the school of Béla Fleck and David Grisman." "He mixes bluegrass roots with a mainstream pop streak, easily holding the spotlight, thanks to his restrained virtuosity on acoustic and slide guitar and a warmly engaging voice reminiscent of T Bone Burnett, sans preachiness. – Paste magazine Discography Swamped (Rounder, 1990) Within Reach (Rounder, 1992) Full Circle (Rounder, 1994) Roll My Blues Away (Rounder, 1997) Tony Furtado & Dirk Powell (Rounder, 1999) Tony Furtado Band (Rounder, 2000) American Gypsy (What Are, 2002) Live Gypsy (Dualtone, 2003) These Chains (Funzalo, 2004) Bare Bones (Funzalo, 2005) Thirteen (Funzalo, 2007) Deepwater (Funzalo, 2008) Golden (Funzalo, 2010) Live at Mississippi Studios (Funzalo, 2012) The Bell (Yousay Furtado Records, 2015) Cider House Sessions (Yousay Furtado Records, 2017) "Decembering" (Yousay Furtado Records, 2021) References External links Official website Funzalo Records Tony Furtado Band collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive [ allmusic] Biography: Tony Furtado "Tony Furtado: Thirteen" by George Graham The Graham Weekly Album Review No. 1460, as broadcast January 10, 2007 on WVIA-FM. Oregon Art Beat: Musician and Sculptor Tony Furtado American bluegrass musicians 1967 births Living people American musicians of Portuguese descent American banjoists Musicians from Oakland, California Blue Coast Records artists Guitarists from California 20th-century American guitarists Country musicians from California