Christoph Bruhn’s Weekends on the Frontier

CD / digital download – 10th May 2014

 

I first discovered the music of Christoph Bruhn through the original release of this album. So when I had asked him a while back if he’d be interested in doing a project with Grass-Tops, this is the material and style I had in mind; the album of which I had become so much a fan. Since my initial inquiry, the original CD run sold out and it was time to re-press, and that’s when he came to me with the idea for this reissue.

Weekends on the Frontier features some of the most technically well performed and well tempered guitar I’ve heard from any young artist today. It’s good, clean pickin’. And regarding the compositions themselves, they are nothing short of brilliant. Christoph’s music has bridged a divide between standard song craft and pictorial depiction / soundscape concepts. Every note is purposefully placed. The songs don’t go off on tangents, but they steadily move, tell a story, and tie back together in a logical conclusion. It’s truly fine music. If there is another Leo Kottke in our future, Chris is likely the man.

From beginning to end, this album holds its own. There are no overdubs, no extra instrumentation, and no vocals. It is simply one man and his acoustic guitar. Put this CD on during a long road trip or listen to it on your home stereo, as it makes for great listening anyplace, anytime. And while Christoph Bruhn explores the great Frontier, we have the pleasure of hearing all the stories he has to tell …

Kyle Fosburgh liner notes

The CD edition features an exclusive track titled “Something, Or Oil Paintings”. It will also be featured on Tompkins Square’s upcoming Imaginational Anthem Vol. 7 CD (2014).

TRACK LIST

1. Fjords Of Northern Norway
2. Burial Grounds
3. 1957 Industry Rag
4. Das Kelylied
5. Something, Or Oil Paintings (CD only)
6. Arabian Writing On Plaster Walls
7. The Dust Bowl Of ’36
8. The Last Dying Breath
9. Fanfare

“In a town where an acoustic troubadour is serenading you with a folky lament on every street corner, it’s great to hear a guy who has nothing to sing about, who just wants to play some acoustic guitar in the style of greats like John Fahey. Transportative, if that’s a word. (Let’s say it is.)” – Duluth News Tribune


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