MICHAEL FRACASSO (BalconyTV)

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Michael Fracasso recently released his seventh album, Saint Monday. The recording marks a more experimental path for Fracasso, who's been a nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter for two decades. Rather than take a more conventional approach to his newest material, Fracasso called in his friend, novelist Jim Lewis, to produce and play on the record -- Lewis' first -- and co-write a few of the songs. "It's like being called down from the stands to coach the Yankees," say Lewis. For Lewis -- whose most recent novel, The King is Dead (Knopf), was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year -- it was a chance to work with some of his favorite musicians.


Guest appearances feature Patty Griffin, who lends her incomparable voice (and her lesser-known whistling skills) to a rocking Everly style duet called "Ada, OK" and Kevin Russell and Jimmy Smith from the legendary Gourds, as well as a crack rhythm section composed of Fracasso's long time collaborators George Reiff and Mark Patterson on bass and drums.

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