Fred Frith February 2017. The album was well received by music critics. In January 2018 the trio recorded their second album, "Closer to the Ground", which was released in September 2018. Frith has also collaborated with a number of prominent musicians, including Robert Wyatt, Derek Bailey, Lol Coxhill, Lars Hollmer, and the Scottish deaf percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie. Fred Frith has used a number of different guitars, including homemade instruments, over the years, depending on the type of music he is playing. For the more structured and refined music he has often used a Gibson ES-345, for example on his solo album,
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary and was an “Official Selection” at seven others. See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary is a 2009 documentary produced and directed by Hilari Scarl. It focuses on the lives of deaf artists Bob Hiltermann, TL Forsberg, CJ Jones, and Robert DeMayo. The "New York Times" called it "Complex, candid and all-but-essential viewing for hearing audiences". "Variety" said it is "An outstanding documentary exploration of the travails of four deaf entertainers, Hilari Scarls' `See What I'm Saying' provides a glimpse into a performance circuit that few hearing-enabled Americans likely realize exists."