Heading to last September’s three-day FreshGrass festival in North Adams, Massachusetts, I was most excited about getting a chance to see guitarist Bill Frisell perform his musical work titled Harmony. I had never seen Frisell live, and he was masterful, […]
“Let Bill sing!” someone shouted from the audience, and Bill Frisell smiled. He, cellist Hank Roberts, baritone guitarist Luke Bergman, and vocalist Petra Haden had just reemerged on the Carrboro ArtsCenter stage for an encore. It’s true, Frisell had a […]
If there was ever a time to present a collection of expanded, reworked and new American music, it was several days after the 58th United States presidential election. Premiering a program resulting from the inaugural FreshGrass Composition Commission he was awarded by […]
