Third is the stunning third album by Nathan Salsburg, one of his generation's most gifted and idiosyncratic acoustic guitarists.

It's been five years since his last solo record (Hard For To Win And Can't Be Won, 2013) - but not because he hasn't been playing guitar.

In the intervening years he's backed up Joan Shelley on three releases and several hundred live dates; put out a collection of guitar duets with multi-instrumentalist James Elkington and teamed up with neighbor and fellow Louisvillian Bonnie "Prince" Billy on an EP.

The original pieces on Third, his first strictly solo guitar record - no singing, no guests - all display a notable increase in confidence and ease, as Salsburg has quietly, persistently established a style marked by a depth and a complexity that are utterly his own.