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Notes from the Western Edge is a collection of audio profiles of musicians working on the edges of Jazz, New Music, Electronics, and the sonic spaces in between.
Produced in Los Angeles by Richard Paske, NFWE was published monthly from January, 2006 through July, 2007 and now includes 38 profiles, with more to be added on an occasional basis. To listen, use the ISSUE menu or click on a name in the Artist list on the right.
Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph has been a different drummer since his days on Chicago's south side in the 1960s and 70s. Surrounded by the blues of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, the sonic and social explorations of the AACM, and the academic rigors of the intellectual community centered around the University of Chicago, he could hardly have been otherwise. After leaving Chicago for Detroit, New York, Africa and elsewhere, he settled in Venice, California, where he continues to compose, perform, record, and run a record label while somehow finding time to write a book as well.
Photo: nourddine el warari
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Glenn Branca
The world of music always seems to need a Bad Boy or two to stay fresh and vital. The world of New Music has had its share, one of the most recent being Glenn Branca. Once criticized by John Cage, a former Bad Boy himself, for creating music that could "resemble fascism," Branca's music has the power to repulse and anger, as well as to enthrall and captivate. (Reportedly, Cage later changed his tune on Branca's music). Branca is most famous (or infamous) for his armies of electric guitars, which play at extremely high volume for long, long stretches of time. But as we'll see, Branca, to whom the term "visionary" seems entirely appropriate, creates music with many other faces as well.
Photo: Paula Court
