Jazz Articles about Marianne Schuppe

Marianne Schuppe: Nosongs

by John Eyles
January 26, 2019

German-born, but based in the Swiss city of Basle, Marianne Schuppe is a musician with a relatively small discography but an impressively broad musical history. She has been associated with the Wandelweiser collective for some years, and Nosongs is her second release on the label, following in the footsteps of Slow Songs (Edition Wandelweiser, 2015). On both albums she performs alone, accompanying her voice with a lute played using e-bows or (the similar) uber-bows, which produces sustained tones ...