Bill Orcutt

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Upset the Rhythm presents... BILL ORCUTT is a guitarist and composer. He has been described as "thrillingly original" (Will Ainsley, Bandcamp Daily) as "a go-for-broke guitar improviser," (Ben Ratliff, New York Times) "creating a new language" (Marc Masters, Pitchfork) whose playing would "make Derek Bailey do a double-take" (Lars Gotrich, NPR). Orcutt tours actively, appearing at festivals worldwide, including Rewire (The Hague), Presences Electronique (Paris), Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon), Goner Fest (Memphis), Musique Actuelle (Victoriaville), Big Ears (Knoxville), Music Unlimited (Wels), Le Guess Who? (Utrecht), Nouveau Festival du Centre Pompidou (Paris), Unsound (Krakow), a Maida Vale session for BBC 3 (London) and a Tiny Desk concert for NPR."The San Francisco-based guitarist has been on one of the great creative tears in his chosen instrument's vaunted history."Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork"Quite awe-inspiring, and unlike anything else I can think of."Byron Coley, The Wire Magazine"When Bill Orcutt starts playing the acoustic guitar, it's clear there are still so many new things to be said with it." Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian