July 2008
TIM FEENEY | NEWTON ARMSTRONG | NATE WOOLEY | JESSE KUDLER | IAN FRASER
Join Bowerbird for an evening of improvised experimental music featuring a Philadelphia premiere and only the second-ever duo performance from two linchpins of the Philadelphia scene. The three-state-spanning trio of Bowerbird favorites Newton Armstrong (from Dartmouth, NH, originally Australia), Tim Feeney (Ithaca, NY), and Nate Wooley (Jersey City) appears for the first time as a trio, presenting precarious improvised constructions using a home-made computer instrument, amplified springs and boxes, and a minimally adorned trumpet. Even more impressively - if past…
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BHOB RAINEY / DAVID GROSS / ASHLEY DEEKUS / CARLOS SANTIAGO / CHANDAN NARAYAN
BHOB RAINEY soprano sax Boston, MA Bhob Rainey's music has become a model in the world of experimental sound. He is the founder of both nmperign (with trumpeter Greg Kelley) and the BSC, which he also directs; Collaborations with musicians such as Ralf Wehowsky, Le Quan Ninh, Gunter Mueller, and Lionel Marchetti, dancers Nicole Bindler and Yukiko Nakamura, and filmmakers Loren Boyer, Harvey Benschoter, and William Pisarri highlight Rainey's broad experience and outline a complex body of work that continues to…
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