Wolf Shall Also Dwell with the Lamb by Brethren of the Free Spirit

Important Records ( March 24, 2009 ), Genre: Folk
Price: $20.25 - $20.25

Brethren of the Free Spirit: James Blackshaw (guitar); Jozef Van Wissem. Named for the heretical Christian sect of the 13th and 14th centuries, the Brethren of the Free Spirit are 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw and vanguard Baroque lute master Jozef Van Wissem ("Baroque" is a noun here). The pair issued All Things Are from Him, Through Him, and in Him in 2007, in a limited edition of 1000 copies that sold out quickly. Like its predecessor, The Wolf Shall Also Dwell with the Lamb is a brief set at 30 minutes. It contains four structured improvisations played in DADEAD tuning on Blackshaw's guitar and D-Minor tuning on the lute. The feel is lyric, relaxed, and quite deliberate. The pair showcases tonal variations in mode, texture, and dynamic, all within a proscribed range of expressive possibilities. Where the first album was more haunting and nearly ambient and openly experimental, this one is more communicative, with lots of exchanges in both rhythmic pulse and open string drones that offer a dialo...