Lanterna - Backyards (2015)

This ten-song collection completes multi-instrumentalist Henry Frayne s most compelling work to date where he crafts musical landscapes interweaving layers of warm, instrumental sonic tapestries. For Frayne, the inception of Backyards began nearly a decade ago, and is a culmination of his career as a versatile musician best known for blending genres and bending guitar styles to create layers of airy overtones. Most of the songs for this album sprung from an orphaned blond Conrad hollow body six-string along with a Gibson acoustic, purchased in 1983 for $5 after having survived a fire. Frayne composed the underlying textures of the record with a heavy influence from the Nashville tuning, the practice of utilizing very light strings to produce an angelic sound. Backyards is the fifth Lanterna CD to be released by Badman Recording Co.'s instrumental-only label, Jemez Mountain.