Fred Frith & Walnut Brain
Schedule
Wed Jun 24 2026 at 08:00 pm to 10:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Perch Music & Arts Community | Philadelphia, PA
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Fred Frith:Fred Frith is a pioneer of the extended electric guitar. He learned to compose in
Henry Cow, developed his song-writing skills in Art Bears, explored his multi- instrumentalism in Skeleton Crew, rocked the house with Massacre and is still doing all of those things, having been in one band or another continuously since 1964! Meanwhile his work has been performed by both Baroque and contemporary music ensembles, along with string quartets, chamber orchestras, and a whole range of groups and artists in the ever-expanding field of semi-popular music. Fred composes extensively for film and dance, and taught improvisation for years at Mills College in Oakland, California and the Musik Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. His life-long passion for improvising has increasingly led him to work with artists who don’t necessarily define themselves as improvisers, including Brazilian drummer Mariá Portugal, cellist Paula Sanchez, and bricoleur extraordinaire Sudhu Tewari. Fred is the subject of Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzels’ award-winning film Step Across the Border.
“if (you) haven’t seen Fred improvise solo, (you) must. Just to see him live, it has to be done. It’s one of the wonders of the world.” —Marc Ribot
“Fred Frith is a great drummer.” —Miles Davis
“Frith should be sellotaped to Derek Bailey and pushed off a cliff.” —Skelidude, YouTube
Walnut Brain:
Walnut Brain, the duo of Alina Josan and Steve Heise, mess around with a custom-made diddley bow and an electric guitar to make decidedly earthbound sounds that reach for the clouds or the stars or whatever’s out there. A diddley bow is an instrument whose single string, when struck and bowed by a sensitive player, emits sounds that both scrape and sing. As we all know, an electric guitar is a juiced up instrument capable of producing some of the most exciting sounds imaginable. In the intuitive hands of Walnut Brain, these instruments weave together to oscillating rhythms and fleeting melodies.
accessibility: street level entrance to venue but two steps to restroom.
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Where is it happening?
The Perch Music & Arts Community , 2321 Emerald St. ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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