Brian as he welcomes one of the true elder statesmen of British folk guitar and songcraft, easily on the same tier as musical cousins Roy Harper, John Martyn and Bert Jansch though stylistically more in tune with Harper's psychedelicized leanings. Chapman visits the USA on the heels of a flurry of releases; he's recently had output on Ecstatic Peace and some excellent reissues of his Harvest label material via Light in the Attic. Tompkins Square Records also has releaed a 2CD anthology and a brand new tribute disc called "Oh Michael, Look What You've Done", featuring Chapman's songs reworked by Lucinda Williams, Meg Baird, Bridget St. John and more. (Brian, WFMU 2012.)
Brian Turner