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Bear Garden

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Bear Garden is a musical expression, neither more nor less. It´s music - it´s everything. Martin Wirén, the man behind the artist Bear Garden, is a many times rewarded composer and saxophonist with scholarships such as the Swedish STIM award and The Royal Swedish Academy of Music award on his personal record. On request from the Swedish Nobel Prize Museum he is also known for his musical interpretation of the Nobel Prize winner in literature 2016, Bob Dylan. Born in the small town of Gällivare in northern Sweden, Wirén was introduced to the saxophone at an early age. Spending the two first decades of his life in the garage of his family home practicing the horn, he later moved to Stockholm to attend The Royal College of Music. In Stockholm, he began working on his debut as a composer

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Article: Year in Review

Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2021

Read "Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2021" reviewed by Geno Thackara


Insert the usual cliches here as you see fit: strange times, “new normal," all that stuff. Still, even while some of us give up on terms like “normal" and get used to the idea that there may never be a post-Covid world, great music and art never stops. Amidst another bumper crop of more things than ...

Album

Sunshine Fruit

Label: Bolero Recordings
Released: 2021
Track listing: Cherry Tree; Electric Butterfly; New Kid; Invisible Wave; Sunshine Fruit; Liquid Limit; Catching My Childhood Friend.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Springtime Sunshine

Read "Springtime Sunshine" reviewed by Geno Thackara


Even though they came at different times and are good for all seasons, this is a batch of small delights that all share a certain brightness and playfulness. They make a fine bill when put together, with or without any direct connections. Chance Hayden Grab & Go Ropeadope 2020

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Article: Album Review

Bear Garden: Bear Garden

Read "Bear Garden" reviewed by Geno Thackara


There's just something about the saxophone that goes with sounding big and ambitious. Bear Garden (or Martin Wirén when he's at home) certainly shows some of those signs with unashamedly grand melodicism and a feel for the expansive and cinematic. Though Bear Garden's running time leans toward the short side of LP length, this octet—rhythm section, piano, ...

Album

Bear Garden

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Helium; No End; Spirits; Horns Oh Horns; The Bird; Riverstone; Riverside Run; Grandma's Owl; Space; Old Radio; Kaitum.


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