selected articles archive

Down Beat Magazine — Infinite Set List
Monday, July 10, 2017

Believer Magazine — An Interview With Bill Frisell
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Westward Blogs - Denver, CO — Bill Frisell on studying with Dale Bruning
Monday, June 3, 2013

Jazz Times — Fear and Composing
Thursday, August 2, 2012

Jazz Times — Artist's Choice: Anthony Wilson on Bill Frisell
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Phoenix Providence — The articulate melodic eloquence of Bill Frisell - Rolling with the changes
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Wall Street Journal — With a Country Twang
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Jazziz — Bill Frisell's America
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

JAMBASE — Bill Frisell: Keep Your Eyes Open
Thursday, August 27, 2009

NPR — Disfarmer Review
Monday, July 13, 2009

New Yorker — Guitar Hero: Bill Frisell's infinite styles
Monday, January 26, 2009

FRETBOARD JOURNAL — Music is Good: An interview with Bill Frisell
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

DOWN BEAT — HOMECOMING IN UMBRIA - Bill Frisell's week at the Italian jazz festival with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen, the group he considers his "home base"
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

NPR — Frisell's Floratone Creates an Exotic New Language
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

JAZZTIMES — PEOPLE GET TOGETHER
Tuesday, August 1, 2006

RELIX MAGAZINE — Bill Frisell's Perfect World
Wednesday, June 1, 2005

THE ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL — BENDING CHORDS
Saturday, January 1, 2005

ALL ABOUT JAZZ — BILL FRISELL'S BIG OCEAN
Tuesday, September 14, 2004

THE BOSTON PHOENIX — GIANT STEPS
Friday, April 23, 2004

SANTA BARBARA NEWS PRESS — Show review - Lobero Theatre
Monday, March 29, 2004

THE BELLINGHAM HERALD — Show review - Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
Thursday, February 19, 2004

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE — OUTLAW BILL
Sunday, June 1, 2003

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN — LANGUAGE NO BARRIER TO GUITARIST BILL FRISELL'S INTERNATIONAL AMBITIONS
Saturday, April 12, 2003

ATLANTIC MONTHLY — Unironic - Bill Frisell draws from a wide spectrum of music identified with the American experience - and country music is a persistent echo
Thursday, August 1, 2002

ACOUSTIC GUITAR — EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED - Bill Frisell's guitar finds melodies to sing in every corner of the musical world
Wednesday, May 1, 2002

Bomb Magazine — Bill Frisell by Marc Ribot
Wednesday, April 10, 2002

THE SEATTLE TIMES MAGAZINE PACIFIC NORTHWEST — The Sound of One Man Dreaming - Guitarist Bill Frisell invents music without borders
Sunday, April 22, 2001

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE — Screams and Whispers
Saturday, January 1, 2000

THE PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER — The Language of the Guitar
Sunday, September 12, 1999

GUITAR PLAYER — Post Modern Americana - Bill Frisell digs into his roots
Friday, January 1, 1999

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE — JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Down Beat's 46th Annual Critic's Poll Saturday, August 1, 1998

STEREO REVIEW — Bill Frisell: Bend That Genre!
Wednesday, April 1, 1998

JAZZIZ — ON THE ROAD TO BILL FRISELL
Thursday, May 1, 1997

GQ MAGAZINE — The Guy Who Always Plays the Perfect Song
Wednesday, January 1, 1997

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE — Rebel's Day Off
Monday, April 1, 1996