Episode 58: 58. Loren Connors (w/ Suzanne Langille)

Loren Connors is a guitarist, poet and painter who grew up in Connecticut but has called New York his home since early adulthood.  Since the late 1970s he was released over 50 albums of primarily improvised material, developing his unique avant-garde playing style in formed by early blues and 20th century composers. He has collaborated with a diverse array of likewise important musicians such as John Fahey, Sonic Youth, Jim O’Rourke, Kath bloom, and Alan Licht. His most frequent cohort is also his partner, Suzanne Langille. She and Loren join me from Brooklyn at their friend Bob Bellarue’s home studio.  We talk about Loren‘s family doorway into music and the lessons learned along the way, his body of work, Suzanne and Loren‘s aesthetic partnership, and we'll also hear Loren‘s guitar improvisations in real time throughout the interview. Suzanne and Loren also improvise a piece together just for today’s show, and David Grubbs gives a warm introduction.

Special thanks to Bob Bellarue for engineering this episode.

Links to the music from today’s show, related videos and more can be found on this episode’s page at lowprofilepodcast.com – all previous episodes are there as well.

More about Loren at http://www.lorenconnors.net/
More from Suzanne at https://suzannelangillenyc.bandcamp.com/

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Episode art by Nathan Berko Gibson @portabledisko

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