Results for Bill Frisell

  • Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko

    by j. poetSeptember 3, 2008Comments (0)

    "doesn’t quite live up to its high concept, but there are enough beautiful moments here to make it worthwhile" (read more)

  • A Grand Ol' Timeously With Baby Gramps

    by Denise SullivanAugust 13, 2008Comments (5)

    Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and teller of tall tales, Gramps has spent a lifetime plundering the treasures of the old world, told and untold, ever since he was a young man—probably the youngest person on the planet to have ever gone by the sobriquet Gramps (that's where the Baby comes in). These days, as back then, he keeps alive early 20th century standards like "Teddy Bears' Picnic", "St. James Infirmary", and "Big Rock Candy Mountain" along with lesser-known (read more)

  • Gutter Twins: Joe Henry vs. Tom Waits

    by Greg GastonOctober 24, 2007Comments (5)

    Ironically, the more individualized Henry’s music becomes, the more he reminds me of another auteur: the great Tom Waits. The parallel might not be obvious on surface consideration. (read more)