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 ...

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 ...

A Google search for images of Fred Frith turns up an ­abundance of photos of the ­master improviser playing his guitar in ...

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 ...

In complete contrast, Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and improvisation group formed in 2008 by Frith. In it, he contributes guitar and vocals as well as composing all the songs. On its debut album ...

Have you experienced a performance of John Cage's composition "4:33"? If you are not familiar, while studying Zen Buddhism, Cage wrote "four minutes, thirty-three seconds" to be performed solo or in ...

The album title may equate to what a disgruntled co-worker may utter at the office on a Monday morning. Yes, some of us have used this line, but master improviser, guitarist Fred Frith's prowess and ...

On previous visits to Denver, renowned exploratory guitarist Fred Frith performed with John Zorn and Mike Patton, and with guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei and local guitarist Janet Feder, whom Frith has also ...

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 ...

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise of one kind or another for almost 50 years, starting with the iconic rock collective Henry Cow, which he co-founded ...