Articles by Glen Hall

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  Xu Fengxia / Luca Niggli

  Black Lotos

  PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2009

  Exotic to be sure, with Fengxia's guzheng and sanxian (Chinese stringed instruments) and vocals, it's surefooted percussionist Niggli who b...

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  Splinters

  Split the Difference

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

  If you're a UK jazz aficionado, you already know that Splinters were a septet comprised of some of Britain's finest players from two musica...

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  Branford Marsalis

  Metamorphosen

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2009

  We know that knowledge and expertise are sufficient to make a good career in music but it's genuine vision and occasional inspiration that...

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  Sound for the Organization of Society

  Poem of the Underground

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2009

  Founded in New Orleans and geographically scattered after Hurricane Katrina, this ten-piece ensemble, like their place of origin, is a melt...

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  Pink Saliva

  Danse avec Robert Duncan

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2009

  Improvised music is best experienced live, as much of the "information" it communicates is unavailable in studio recordings. So recording a...

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  DarkBlueWorld

  The Perilous Beauty of Madness

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2009

  Singer/poet/visual artist Elizabeth Fischer mines the rich veins of inspiration found in the netherworlds of wounded/fractured consciousnes...

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  Whisper Room

  Birch White

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  Whisper Room are a trio comprised of Aidan Baker of Nadja on guitar/effects, Neil Wiernik of NAW on bass/laptop and Jakob Thiesen of Studen...

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  Various

  Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2009

  Want to hear what the guitar's up to these days? A collection of diverse pieces by guitarists from around the world, Spectra provides an in...