Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Fred Frith is a legendary guitarist, known for his work with Henry Cow, Art Bears, Zorn’s Naked City, Laswell’s Material, The Residents and his own phenomenal trio, Skeleton Crew, featuring Zeena Parkins and Tom Cora. In the mean time, Fred Frith institutionalised his aura as a Professor of Composition at the renowned Mills College.

But Frith soon started to miss the raw sound of real rock music, and the chemistry of creating and rehearsing with others. That’s why he formed Cosa Brava in 2008, in which he surrounds himself with powerful ladies such as Carla Kihlstedt (2 Foot Yard, Tin Hat, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) and Zeena Parkins (who previously worked with Frith in Skeleton Crew and Keep the Dog and also known for her collaborations with Elliot Sharp, John Zorn, Björk, Jim O’Rourke, Lee Ranaldo). The band performs an explosive cocktail of experimental jazz, free folk, and solid rock. Their new album, ‘Ragged Atlas’ has just been released on Intakt Records, and the band will start its official CD release tour in Vooruit!