2007 album whose centrepiece-the 25 minute "Mahavidya"-"is one of Bishop's finest extended pieces, building slowly into a cyclical web of drones and flat-picked tunes that borrow from a globe's worth of folk forms.... While My Guitar Violently Bleeds is among the celebrated guitarist's finest releases, and a highly recommended first stop for fans of the old guard of experimental folk guitarists who wish to branch out from their Sandy Bull albums. "

Disc has a few marks

• 1 Zurvan
• 2 Smashana
• 3 Mahavidya