Reviews...

{ JONNO - SOUTH TO LOUISIANA CD- NEW RANGE RECORDS }
“...Jonno cooks elsewhere on uptempo material, including a stutter-step version of ‘Jambalaya’ featuring the brass of trombonist Craig Klein and trumpeter Kevin Clark, and Jonno’s cover of Clifton Chenier’s ‘I’m Comin’ Home’ flat out burns, thanks to Belote’s drumming and some tandem lead lines from Dwayne Dopsie’s accordion and Jonno’s fiddle. The swirling original ‘Neitzche’s Waltz’ is a moody departure and highlight, featuring and acrid and roiling guitar solo from Sam Broussard.
“Jonno shines brightest on the traditional material; he makes his fiddle sing like a glorious bluebird on the upbeat melody lines of ‘Perrodin Two Step’ (duetting with Steve Riley’s accordion), and hews some rustic sawing on the ‘Triangle Blues’ before sending off the program on a high note with an elegant solo violin version of ‘The Lovers’ Waltz’.
Scott Jordan, Gambit Weekley , May 27, 2003


{LAFLEUR ET BASILE-“LIVE AT THE TRACTOR” live recording}
“Through the course of the evening, Frishberg fiddles like he’s out of his mind, searing runs up and down the instrument’s neck as if possessed by some demonic presence.”
Dan Willging , Offbeat July 2001


{FEU FOLLET-bandleader, live performance@ LINCOLN CENTER}
“The music is a good deal grittier and more specific, and is made even richer by the exuberant and many-layered performance of the onstage Cajun band.”

Jennifer Dunning, New York Times, Sat. June 15,1996


{ BEAUBASSIN CD- playing, singing and songwriting }
“Jonno Frishberg, formerly of Mamou, fiddles spiritedly....Frishberg tosses in a couple of gems with ‘C’EST APRES MOUILLER’ and ‘NIETZCHE’S WALTZ’, a beautiful composition graced with an eastern European shading.”

Dan Willging, In Tune, Vol 3 #30 May 1996


{ BEAUBASSIN CD- producing }
“Producer/Fiddler Jonno Frishberg has achieved a great rhythm section mix on the disc, creating a delicate but highly percussive sound....”

Todd Mouton, Offbeat CD Review, Vol 9 #4 April 1996


{ UGLY DAY CD- recorded performance ROUNDER RECORDS }
“...features Jonno Frishberg and Gina Forsyth gliding deftly on dancing fiddles...”
Michael Kinsman, San Diego, 1992


{ LIVE PERFORMANCE- at venue in Lafayette, LA }
“ What Jon Frishberg does to the traditional zydeco fiddle is amazing, diverse and impressive, sometimes bordering on the obscene.”
No Cover, Vol 2 #8 , August 1990


{ MAMOU LP- recorded performance }
“Frishberg’s fiddling carries just the right amount of calculated abandon to make the music unpredictable...”
Michael Point, Austin American Statesman, Sun,July 29,1990


{ MAMOU live performance }
“A four piece band that puts on incendiary live shows, Mamou showcases the rock fiddle of Jonno Frishberg, who uses a wah-wah pedal and other electronic effects to put a new twist on an old instrument.”
L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal, Tues. Sept. 19,1989


{ MAMOU LP }
“...but never has an album provoked such bizarre spazz-action as air-fiddling and air accordioning. Jonno Frishberg is the synapse-snapping fiddler-accordionist responsible for such insanity. Explains LaFleur, ‘I gave Jonno the wah-wah and he looked at me like, “what?”- next thing I know he just totally goes off on it. I was so happy ‘cause my goal was to get the equivalent of Hendrix on the fiddle, yet have all the licks and styles that only a traditional Cajun musician could perform.”
Todd Avery Shanker, PULSE! , April 1989


{ MAMOU LP }
“The performances on the album are strong, with Jonno Frishberg’s fiddle playing serving as the perfect spice.”
Robert Gordon, ASYMPTOTE, 6 #2


{ MAMOU LP }
“Much credit is due to the innovative fiddle work of Jonno Frishberg.”
Macon Frey, Wavelength #100 , Feb. 1989


{ MAMOU LP }
“Jonno Frishberg plays the traditional cajun instruments (fiddle and accord-ion) with plenty of reverence to the genre, but adds a kickin’ audaciousness...”

CMJ New Music Report , Jan. 6, 1989, #161