Susan Alcorn
Susan Alcorn (* 1953 ) is an American composer and guitarist ( pedal steel guitar ). She composes and plays contemporary music and participates in free improvisations.
Live and act
Alcorn began playing the guitar at the age of twelve. She quickly became interested in folk , blues, and the pop music of the 1960s. When the music of Muddy Waters inspired her to play the slide guitar , she worked her way into the pedal steel guitar. When she was twenty-one, she played in various country and western bands in Texas .
She began to combine classical playing techniques with influences from free jazz , classical avant-garde music , Indian ragas and various styles of global folk music . At the end of the nineties, Pauline Oliveros' so-called "deep listening" philosophy was influenced by her music .
Although she mainly performs solo performances, Alcorn has worked with artists such as Pauline Oliveros, Eugene Chadbourne , Peter Kowald , Chris Cutler , Joe Giardullo , Caroline Kraabel , Lê Quan Ninh , Sean Meehan , Joe McPhee , LaDonna Smith , Mike Cooper , Walter Daniels , Jandek , the London Improvisers Orchestra and Johanna Varner .
She wrote in the music magazines "Resonance" and "CounterPunch". Her article "The Road the Radio, and the Full Moon" was named one of the Da Capo Press 2006 Best Musical Articles.
Discography
- Uma (Loveletter 2000)
- Curandera (Uma Sounds 2005)
- Concentration (Recorded 2005)
- And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal Steel Guitar (Olde English Spelling Bee 2007)
- Invitation to a Dream (2019), with Joe McPhee , Ken Vandermark
Web links
- Official website
- Susan Alcorn at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Road, the Radio and the Full Moon. counterpunch.org, accessed May 1, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alcorn, Susan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |