"Pedal steel guitarist Bruce Kaphan has a rare gift: he makes music that sounds indisputably new. Bruce has recorded and/or toured with a diverse crowd, from David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, and Mike Errico to The Black Crowes, Jewel, and REM. Accordingly, his latest album, Bruce Kaphan Quartet, finds him at high levels of creativity, conviction, and craftsmanship, using pedals, knee levers, and a metal bar on strings with an easy authority." Frank John Hadley CDBABY
Monday, July 16, 2012
Bruce Kaphan Quartet (Wiggling Air Records 2012)
On this, his third solo album, Bruce Kaphan, joined by Jeffrey Wash or John Wiitala on bass, John R. Burr or Rich Kuhns on piano and Jason Lewis on drums once again takes the pedal steel guitar into fresh territory. Think Metheny or Frisell on steel
"Pedal steel guitarist Bruce Kaphan has a rare gift: he makes music that sounds indisputably new. Bruce has recorded and/or toured with a diverse crowd, from David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, and Mike Errico to The Black Crowes, Jewel, and REM. Accordingly, his latest album, Bruce Kaphan Quartet, finds him at high levels of creativity, conviction, and craftsmanship, using pedals, knee levers, and a metal bar on strings with an easy authority." Frank John Hadley CDBABY
"Pedal steel guitarist Bruce Kaphan has a rare gift: he makes music that sounds indisputably new. Bruce has recorded and/or toured with a diverse crowd, from David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, and Mike Errico to The Black Crowes, Jewel, and REM. Accordingly, his latest album, Bruce Kaphan Quartet, finds him at high levels of creativity, conviction, and craftsmanship, using pedals, knee levers, and a metal bar on strings with an easy authority." Frank John Hadley CDBABY