From the Chattanooga Pulse:
Over 40 years, Fred Frith has had a mind-bogglingly fruitful musical career as a multi-instrumentalist, being a member of revered art-rock bands Henry Cow and Art Bears, the avant-garde power trio Massacre, and the multi-tasking improv trio Skeleton Crew. Best known for his guitar playing, he’s sought by many for his impressive chops and imagination to match, and Frith has played with everyone from Brian Eno to Richard Thompson to John Zorn to the Residents; it’s a career so remarkable that a documentary, Step Across the Border from 1990, was made about him. Frith’s latest solo album,