It must be the time of year. It must be the heat. Or the humidity. Whatever the reason, I have a big hankering for some off-kilter music. Now that I think about it, I always have a hankering for that stuff. It’s just that sometimes the feeling goes from a vague sense of desire to a raging need. If logic is involved, I’m totally unaware of it. So here comes oddball guitar man Fred Frith with To Sail, To Sail, a solo acoustic tribute to some of his biggest influences including Robbie Basho, Davy Graham, and Barre Philips. What’s really cool about releases like this is the new set of possibilities that is presented. I mean, I don’t know who Camel Zekri or Robbie Basho are but if they’re big in Frith’s mind, it would be silly to not check them out.
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