Sir Richard Bishop - Hillbilly Ragas LP
$25.98
Label: Drag City
Release Date: September 26th, 2025
Sir Richard Bishop returns with Hillbilly Ragas, an album of raw, solo acoustic guitar explorations. Stripping back to basics, he blends American Primitive style with East Indian raga, creating untamed, rhythmic pieces that evoke the spirit of an outsider’s folk tradition.
Our fave shaman of the six-string is back. Waving his axe of choice, Sir Richard Bishop once again summons forth damnable truth and beauty on an all-new musical kamikaze run through histories both written and—as of yet—not commonly known.
With Hillbilly Ragas, Sir Rick stretches his callused hands across the waters to draw diverse musics back to his shack with the gladitorial bloodthirst and balance of gravitas and jocosity we expect from him in every hot little moment of play. But there’s more to be said than these merely glib rantings as to what happens when traditional music heads for the hillbillys. We asked the man himself to chime in. Open the door, Richard!