Despite the formal origins of the music, there are times when the line between composition and improvisation is blurred to the point of non-existence. But that doesn't detract from the essentially ...

His sixth album of music for dance, Nowhere / Sideshow / Thin Air continues multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith's longstanding collaboration with Carla Kihlstedt. The violinist was heard most ...

Multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith occupies a unique niche. As a charter member of Henry Cowell, a band for which improvisation was always an integral part of musical expression, he was partly ...

Since emerging in the early 1970s with Henry Cow, multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith has created a large, stylistically diverse body of work and a reputation for being both a fearless improviser and ...

"Imitation": Ukon; Kira; Kio; Tan; Shi--o; Beni; Kasumi; Sumi; Hanabira. "The Happy End Problem": The Happy End Problem. Fred Frith: guitar, bass, laptop instruments ...

When he first emerged on the British scene in the seminal Canterbury group Henry Cow over thirty years ago, few could have envisaged that guitarist/multi-instrumentalist/composer Fred Frith would go ...

This addition to the Frith/Cutler catalogue was recorded during the Henry Cow reunion weekend at New York City's The Stone in December, 2006; for those familiar with the recent working methods of both ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox, every Tuesday and Thursday. Sign up for our free newsletter. Since the first Henry Cow album, Leg End, is where Fred Frith’s recorded output begins, it makes ...

The Moers Festival in Germany celebrates its 50th anniversary during this year's edition, between 21st and 24th of May. The English guitarist Fred Frith was always a frequent player at this festival, ...

The story of Allies begins in 1989, when guitarist/composer Fred Frith was commissioned by choreographer Bebe Miller to compose a suite for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's "Next Wave'" series. Unhappy ...

Sometimes looking back can be a cause of regret, but it can sometimes inspire. Happily the latter is the case with Unexpected Twins by the doubled instrumentation of guitarists Henry Kaiser and Fred ...

It seems Portuguese trumpeter Susana Santos Silva is riding the crest of a wave, following acclaimed collaborations with the likes of saxophonists Anthony Braxton and Mats Gustafsson and pianist Kaja ...