Basho helped invent the playing style known as American primitive, but his music was nearly forgotten after his death. Then a few years ago, a trove of never-before-heard recordings suddenly surfaced.

Robbie Basho was a visionary guitarist who failed to find wide acclaim. A new set of lost recordings frames his music’s beauty as the result of tireless toil.

Not only did it tell singer-guitarist Basho's story in a way that paid respect to both his life and music, but it also unearthed a wealth of previously unheard music. The result was an acclaimed box ...

A limited release, “Song of the Avatars” sold-out within days, and now Tompkins Square is back with a revelatory new project that goes a considerable way toward unwrapping the Basho enigma.

Snow Beneath The Belly Of A White Swan is a follow up of sorts to 2021’s Song of the Avatars: The Lost Master Tapes, and is sourced from the same suitcase of tapes that filmmaker Liam Barker tracked ...

Basho helped invent the playing style known as American primitive, but his music was nearly forgotten after his death. Then a few years ago, a trove of never-before-heard recordings suddenly surfaced.

Basho ends the song somewhat abruptly, as if he remembered it wasn’t yet the 21st century. Advertisement. ... Robbie Basho was a visionary guitarist who failed to find wide acclaim.