AAJ	Lee Townsend: Originality and Feelings	October 26, 2007
	AAJ	Creative Music From The Other Side Of The Glass	March 2001
	Mix Magazine	Capturing the Chemistry in New Music	January 1997
	Billboard Magazine	Feature Story	November 8, 1997
	Guitar World	Whether He's Working With Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny or John Scofield, Lee Townsend Is Always In The Groove	July 1998
	Guitar Player	Tape Heads and Tone Kings: Lee Townsend	June 1995
	The Express	Mystery & Mojo	December 1, 1995

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	New Yorker	Guitar Hero: Bill Frisell's infinite styles	January 26, 2009
	Down Beat	Homecoming In Umbria	October 2008
	NPR	Frisell's Floratone Creates an Exotic New Language	September 13, 2007
	JazzTimes	People Get Together	August 2006
	Rochester International Jazz Festival	Bending Chords	2005
	Relix	Bill Frisell’s Perfect World	June 2005
	All About Jazz	Bill Frisell's Big Ocean	September 14, 2004
	Boston Phoenix	Giant Steps	April 23, 2004
	Santa Barbara News Press	Bill Frisell	March 29, 2004
	The Bellingham Herald	Never Letting Go	February 19, 2004
	Downbeat	Outlaw Bill	June 2003
	The Asahi Shimbun	Language No Barrier to guitarist Bill Frisell's International Ambitions	April 12, 2003
	Atlantic Monthly	Unironic	July/August, 2002
	Acoustic Guitar	Expect the Unexpected	May, 2002
	Seattle Times	The Sound of One Man Dreaming	April 22, 2001
	Downbeat	Screams and Whispers	January, 2000
	Philadelphia Inquirer	The Language of the Guitar	September 12, 1999
	Guitar Player	Post Modern Americana	September, 1999
	Stereo Review	Bill Frisell: Bend that Genre!	April, 1998
	Down Beat	Nashville: Jazz Album of the Year	August, 1998
	Jazziz	On The Road To Bill Frisell	May, 1997
	GQ	The Guy Who Always Plays the Perfect Song	1997
	DownBeat	Rebel's Day Off	April, 1996
AWARDS     2009 •  Grammy award nomination for "Best Instrumental Jazz Album" for History, Mystery •  The 2009 Jazz Journalists Association-- Guitarist of the Year   2008 •  Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards - Guitarist of the Year   2006 •  (May) American Music Center Award - Letter of Distinction •  (December) Named a United States Artist Rasmuson Fellow •  Down Beat Magazine's Critics Poll and Readers Poll: Guitarist of the year   2005 •  Down Beat Magazine's Readers Poll: Guitarist of the year •  Down Beat Magazine's Critics Poll: Guitarist of the year •  Grammy award for "Best Contemporary Jazz Album" for Unspeakable.   •  The German Record Prize - Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik: Bestenliste Bill Frisell: Richter 858 (Songlines)   2004 •  Grammy award nomination for “Best World Music” for Intercontinentals   2001 •  Down Beat Magazine's Critics Poll: Tie 1st with John Scofield; Guitarist of the year   1999 •  Down Beat Magazine's Critics Poll: Guitarist of the year   1998 •  Down Beat Magazine's Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the year, Guitarist of the year   1997 •  The German Record Prize - Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik: Jahrespreise Bill Frisell: Quartet (Nonesuch)