VIDEO/DVD: Curlew - A Beautiful Western Saddle (1993, 2010 Reissue CD+DVD)

By Pico Before there was Sonic Youth, before there was Radiohead, Material, The Flaming Lips or the Animal Collective, there was Curlew. Founded by saxophonist/composer George Cartwright in 1979, Curlew soon became an incubator for just about every important name in the the New York downtown experimental music scene that thrived in the 80s and 90s. Kenny Wollesen, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz and Bill Laswell as passed through this seminal band before leading better-known projects of their own. Bu...

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