Ava Mendoza
Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer. An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres, Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, Nick Zinner, Jon Irabagon, William Hooker, William Parker, Fred Frith, The Violent Femmes, Weasel Walter, tUnE-yArDs, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Moppa Elliott, Negativland, and Malcolm Mooney. Mendoza also leads the avant-rock band Unnatural Ways, a trio with Tim Dahl and Sam Ospovat.
Genre: experimental-guitar
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Albums (9)
- Of It But Not Is It (2024)
- Mangrove Sea / Turnip Wine (2024)
- Echolocation (2023)
- Dyscalculia (2023)
- Diablada (2023)
- New Spells (2021)
- Studio Sessions, Vol. 4 (2019)
- Unnatural Ways (2015)
- Shadow Stories (2010)
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