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Glenn Dickson

Clarinetist Glenn Dickson has had a varied career playing klezmer,  jazz, rock, Balkan and ambient music.  His first solo album, "Wider than the Sky," was recently  released and has received glowing reviews from US & European reviewers. His klezmer band, Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, has performed concerts and festivals across the US, Canada and Europe, with recordings including the “Klezmer Nutcracker” and a collaboration with Maurice Sendak (Pincus and the Pig).  The band has played live on the CBC and with the Philadelphia Pops.  Glenn's music has been used  by Woody Allen (Deconstructing Harry soundtrack), and he was a featured soloist on Sidney Lumet's "A Stranger Among Us." His klezmer-fusion band, Naftule’s Dream, features Glenn's compositions and has played major jazz festivals in the US, Canada and Europe, including the Berlin, Montreal and New York Jazz Festivals and recorded for John Zorn’s Tzadik and the Innova labels.  Glenn  is a recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Artist Grant award in composition.  

Album

All the Light of Our Sphere

Label: Sounds Familiar
Released: 2025
Track listing: When Fortune Laid the Trojans Low; Words Set Free from Doubt; Just One Inch in a Hundred Years; It Haunts Me Still; Sweet Seed from Bitter Fruit; Pretending She Was Someone Else; All the Light of Our Sphere; When the Mist Thins; And Even Yours Is Mine.

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When the Mist Thins

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Label: Sounds Familiar
Released: 2025
Duration: 4:31

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Glenn Dickson & Bob Familiar: The Clarinet In The Machine

Read "Glenn Dickson & Bob Familiar: The Clarinet In The Machine" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Today, the Spotlight shines on clarinetist Glenn Dickson and electronic musician Bob Familiar.When a cutting-edge klezmer artist meets a former rock synthesist, you might expect creative tension. Instead, Glenn and Bob found something else entirely--a shared language that turns clarinet and electronics into the most unlikely yet inspired pairings.Their new album All ...

Article: Album Review

Dickson & Familiar: All the Light of Our Sphere

Read "All the Light of Our Sphere" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Una musica asettica, sufficientemente plastificata, scarsamente comunicativa, salvata solo parzialmente dal girovagare imperterrito del clarinetto di Glenn Dickson, è quanto ci offre questo album in duo fra il succitato e Bob Familiar, il primo proveniente dal klezmer, il secondo decisamente più incline a un rock evidentemente depurato di ogni eccesso o turgore. L'incedere è ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Music from Dease, Woody, Bancroft, Sturino And More

Read "New Music from Dease, Woody, Bancroft, Sturino And More" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this edition there is a selection of the best in new releases together with two outstanding albums from the recent re-release of the Strata East catalogue.Playlist Michael Dease “Catalyst" from City Life (Origin Records) 00:00 Brandon Woody “Beyond The Reach Of Our Eyes" from For The Love Of It All (Blue Note) 07:08 ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Maddeningly Unintuitive Japanese Software

Read "Maddeningly Unintuitive Japanese Software" reviewed by Patrick Burnette


The robots are coming! The robots are coming! And they're after our jobs—as lounge singers. Skynet would not be amused. But we kind of are—at least, Mike says his first encounter with a vocaloid will be ever imprinted upon his brain. Don't worry—this episode isn't all about our electronic replacements qua masters. We look at music ...

Album

Wider Than the Sky

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Solo Flights: Glenn Dickson and Joe Fielder

Read "Solo Flights: Glenn Dickson and Joe Fielder" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


These are solo recordings by two musicians who can create dense forests of sound with only one instrument. one with the help of electronics and the other just using his lips, breath and tongue. Glenn Dickson Wider Than The Sky Self-Produced 2022 Glenn Dickson is a klezmer clarinetist who ...

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Gentle Touch

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Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:40


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