{{Short description|American musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dean Magraw | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | death_date = | instrument = Guitar | genre = Jazz, world music | occupation = Musician | years_active = | label = Red House, CandyRat | associated_acts = Peter Ostroushko, John Gorka, Boiled in Lead | website = [http://www.deanmagraw.com www.deanmagraw.com/] }} '''Dean Magraw''' is an American guitarist and composer.
==Biography== Magraw was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in St. Paul. He began playing guitar at the age of 13. Magraw performed in a duo for many years with Peter Ostroushko and has also performed with Tim Sparks, John Gorka and many other artists.<ref name="MinnPost">{{cite journal |last=Espeland |first=Pamela |date=November 14, 2008 |title=Dean Magraw, musical explorer |journal=MinnPost |url=http://www.minnpost.com/pamelaespeland/2008/11/14/4601/dean_magraw_musical_explorer |access-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507025320/http://www.minnpost.com/pamelaespeland/2008/11/14/4601/dean_magraw_musical_explorer |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
His musical spectrum ranges from world music band Boiled in Lead to jazz band Red Planet.<ref name = "ST">{{cite news | last = Surowicz| first = Tom| title = Interstellar sounds| newspaper = Star Tribune| date =May 13, 2011| url = http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/121724409.html | accessdate = August 13, 2011}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Solo=== *''Broken Silence'' (1994) Red House *''Kitchen Man'' (1997) Acoustic Music *''Seventh One'' (1998) Red House *''Heavy Meadow'' (2003) Acoustic Music *''Celtic Hymns'' (2006) Lifescapes Music *''Music For Healing'' (2007) Lifescapes *''Foxfire'' (2008) CandyRat
===With others=== *''Duo'' (1991) Red House (with Peter Ostroushko) *''Jaguar at Half Moon'' (1998) *''Raven'' (2006) Compass Records (with John Williams) *''Unseen Rain'' (2007) CandyRat (with Jim Anton and JT Bates) *''Silver'' (2008) (with Boiled in Lead) *''Next'' (2008) (with Francois Corneloup) *''Healing'' (2009) New Folk Records (with Bruce Kurnow) *''Space Dust'' (2010) GoneJazz Records (with Red Planet) *''How the Light Gets In'' (2010) Red House (with Marcus Wise)
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==External links== *[http://deanmagraw.com Dean Magraw official site] *{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p100937}}
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