Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
My morning mail contained a link to an interview with Glenn Branca. The feature’s part of Riverfront Times’ (Schau') music blog and hits some nice depth, focusing on Branca’s punkish New York roots, but primarily on the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s commissioning of his “Symphony No. 13 (Hallucination City),” for 100 guitars. The [...]
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The Riverfront Times this week has several pieces related to composer Glenn Branca , whose symphony for 100 electric guitars "Hallucination City" was performed last night at The Pageant as part of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's Guitar Festival . There's a feature story about the event here ; an extended interview with Branca by the RFT 's Roy Kasten here ; and a two-part...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
The Riverfront Times this week has several pieces related to composer Glenn Branca, whose symphony for 100 electric guitars "Hallucination City" was performed last night at The Pageant as part of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra's Guitar Festival. There's a feature story about the event here; an e...
Matablog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
... to the production of visual art. This was the case with many of their artist friends as well, like Glenn Branca, Richard Prince or Robert Longo. The artist Dan Graham was a central figure in this constellation of visual artists/musicians, and was known to schlep his barely portable tape recorder to concerts of punk rockand no wave bands to record these performances, which were often...
