No-frills fingerstyle masterclass blends hard-won solo skills with superb audiophile sound on LP or download. It's so good you don't even have to play the guitar to enjoy it. If you do, there's a 40-page musical score and tablature to help learn or adapt the tunes. Stein Urheim's beautifully-structured solo album, 'Simple Pieces & Paper Cut-Outs', provides a formally adventurous and sonically immaculate listening experience that at the same time acts as an inspirational masterclass for guitarists everywhere. Its relative simplicity also provides a sharp contrast to much of Urheim's other work for Hubro, especially his most recent album, 'Utopian Tales', which featured a seven-piece ensemble, the Cosmolodic Orchestra, playing a set of tunes commissioned by Vossa Jazz and inspired by various experiments in communal living.[info sheet from distr.]