Nels Cline

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with guitarist Julian Lage about the many elders and peers who have inspired him during his career.

Trio Grande, “Elli Yeled Tov”The members of Trio Grande — Israeli guitarist Gilad Hekselman, British-born saxophonist Will Vinson and Mexican drummer…

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary music.This edition of Take Five delivers on that front, with selections from noteworthy albums on the near…

Also: new music by Nicholas Payton, Michael Dease, Nels Cline with Yuka Honda, and Big Band of Brothers.Michele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba, “We Need You Now…

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco. But if you…

One day, reading a story to my son Nate, who was 2 at the time, I asked if he'd thought about what he wanted to be when he grew up. He gave me a studied…

The Nels Cline 4, led by its namesake guitarist and composer, occupies a thoughtful present tense. All but one song on the band’s excellent album…

Nels Cline has a new album on the near horizon.Blue Note Records has just announced the April 13 release of Currents, Constellations, the debut release by…

Lizz Wright, “Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You”Lizz Wright delivered a gift last year in the form of her sixth album, Grace. A statement of extravagant…