Articles by Glen Hall

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  Pink Saliva

  Pink Saliva

  PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2010

  Montreal-based trio Pink Saliva produce music that's at once intensely deep and readily accessible. Accessible because drummer Michel F. Cô...

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  Bernhard Gal

  Same Difference

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  If Pauline Oliveros coined the term "deep listening," Austrian composer/electroacoustician/sound artist Bernhard Gal definitely practices i...

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  Byron Blackburn

  Byron Blackburn's Labor Day Session

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  When facing grief, loss and death, musicians have one special advantage: they can come together in the healing radiance of sound. Five Cali...

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  Nichelodeon

  il gioco del silenzio (The Game of Silence)

  PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2010

  The seven-member Nichelodeon, from Italy, make music of operatic grandeur and emotion. Highly dramatic pieces are delivered by charismatic...

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  Tania Gill

  Bolger Station

  PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2010

  Pianist/composer Tania Gill understands the understated power of lyricism. With her confederate (trumpeter Lina Allemano), she evokes bitte...

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  Exploding Star Orchestra

  Stars Have Shapes

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010

  It's always great when a band's music lives up to their name. In the case of Chicago, IL-/Sao Paulo-based trumpeter/composer Rob Mazurek's...

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  Lina Allemano Four

  Jargon

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2010

  These four musicians know each other and their music so well it's as if they are always soloing, playing backgrounds and commenting on one...

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  Mario Pavone Orange Double Tenor

  Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2010

  Bassist Mario Pavone steps out from his usual role of formidable sideman for the likes of Thomas Chapin and Paul Bley to lead a stellar ban...