Song Premiere: Richard Osborn “In A Monastery Garden”

January 23, 2017


American Primitive guitarist Richard Osborn studied with Robbie Basho in the late 60’s  (after drawing inspiration from Basho, John Fahey, Mississippi John Hurt and many others. On January 27, Tompkins Square will issue Osborn’s first major national release. On Endless, “each piece partakes of the endless, with compositions more influenced by the West (like a Beethoven-y treatment of ‘Streets of Laredo’) and a continuation of ‘American raga’ improvisations, with Barry Phillips, tabla.” Today we premiere “In A Monastery Garden” from the record, which is now available for pre-order.