Frank Fairfield: Sorting the funky from the fogeys

The 25-year-old who supported Fleet Foxes digs for treasure in his spare time. By Rob FitzpatrickFrank Fairfield, a 25-year-old from Los Angeles, is the sort of person who makes you feel sort of glad to be alive, so passionate is he about his obsessions from a bygone age. He plays old-fashioned "hillbilly" music on fiddle, banjo and guitar; he wears tweeds, grandad shirts and hair oil. Just talking to him for a few moments makes your heart begin to beat a little slower. Indeed, so striking are h...

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