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The founder from the Boxhead Outfit and a onetime sideman for artists including Edith Frost and Simon Joyner, singer/composer Michael Krassner released his self-titled solo LP in 1999.

The Lofty Pillars is really a folk-pop project of Chicagoans Wil Hendricks and Michael Krassner. Krassner can be noted because the Windy Town studio guy who orchestrated the Boxhead Outfit, a post-rock all celebrity ensemble designed for the Dutch Harbor soundtrack. The Pillars features even more traditional songwriting whereas the …

The initial intention of Boxhead Outfit was with regard to musically accompanying the short-film documentary of Dutch Harbor. Founded by Michael Krassner in 1996, this collective of improv music artists would add a revolving roster that included famous brands Will Oldham, Edith Frost, Ken Vandermark, as well as the Tren …