Muriel Anderson
Muriel Anderson is an American fingerstyle and harp guitarist born on June 17,
1960, in Downers Grove, Illinois. Anderson is of Finnish descent. As a child,
she received piano instruction before receiving a guitar at age eight. She later
studied at the Old Town School of Folk Music and attended DePaul University,
where she received lessons from Jethro Burns and Chet Atkins. Anderson was the
first woman to win the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship. Her musical
recordings included the solo albums Heartstrings and Wildcat (2005). Her catalog
also included the collaborative ...
