Format: CD
Country: US
Year: 2003 (original compositions date to mid-1980s; digitally remastered)
Genre: Folk / Instrumental
Style: Acoustic Guitar / Contemporary Folk / Instrumental
Label: Sable Mountain Records
Tracklist
Nogales – 3:52
Silk Brocade – 3:33
Risky Business – 2:13
Diatribes – 5:25
Mad River Rhapsody – 3:03
The Last Whale – 4:57
14th Street Cafeteria – 3:34
Kathy’s Mother – 4:43
Forsythia Interlude – 3:07
Mon Amour – 4:27
Silk Brocade is a graceful, melodic acoustic guitar record rooted in patience, tone, and storytelling without words. Ken Mahren’s compositions reflect Vermont’s long-standing tradition of instrumental folk music shaped by landscape and reflection, where subtlety carries emotional depth and each piece unfolds with a quiet confidence tied closely to place and memory.
Format: CD
Country: US
Year: 2003 (original compositions date to mid-1980s; digitally remastered)
Genre: Folk / Instrumental
Style: Acoustic Guitar / Contemporary Folk / Instrumental
Label: Sable Mountain Records
Tracklist
Nogales – 3:52
Silk Brocade – 3:33
Risky Business – 2:13
Diatribes – 5:25
Mad River Rhapsody – 3:03
The Last Whale – 4:57
14th Street Cafeteria – 3:34
Kathy’s Mother – 4:43
Forsythia Interlude – 3:07
Mon Amour – 4:27
Silk Brocade is a graceful, melodic acoustic guitar record rooted in patience, tone, and storytelling without words. Ken Mahren’s compositions reflect Vermont’s long-standing tradition of instrumental folk music shaped by landscape and reflection, where subtlety carries emotional depth and each piece unfolds with a quiet confidence tied closely to place and memory.
