[Written during guitarist Stian Westerhus' solo show, June 4, 2012 at Green Hours Jazz Fest, Bucharest.]I see things, scary things,wars and ghosts,planes and meadows.I hear my pulse and the ...

Beyond his reputation as Norway's "hardest working guitarist"—an éclat supported by, amongst many others, ongoing membership in Nils Petter Molvaer's trio and assuming the producer's role for the ...

Guitarist Stian Westerhus holds a singular position in the Nordic musical landscape. His involvement with bands like Puma and Monolithic—as well as his projects together with trumpeter Nils Petter ...

There was a time when a live performance was a one-time event; something experienced once by an audience, never to be experienced exactly that way ever again. Live recordings were costly affairs, and ...

Stian Westerhus is a Norwegian avant-jazz guitarist, and for most ears I’m guessing, the epitome of a "challenging" player – my only previous encounter with him was via the disquieting soundscapes of ...

With advances in technology allowing musicians to turn real-time solo performances into works of near-orchestral expansiveness, the concept of a solo guitar album has become something much different ...

01. Mercury Heart; 02. A Small Realm; 03. Recoil; 04. Bloodline; 05. Sleep with Echoes; 06. Blue Fandango; 07. Prince of Calm; 08. Coded; 09. Baboon Moon. Nils Petter ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Stian Westerhus opened this Spitalfields Winter Festival concert with the sound of a breeze quietly ruffling the ...

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Earlier this month, Stian Westerhus took to the stage in London’s Cafe Oto to give a performance that was as exhausting as it was utterly exhilarating. Opening with a volatile collision of growling ...

I wonder when Stian Westerhus discovered his voice, and then how long he kept it secret for? Up until a couple of years ago, he was predominantly seen as an avant-jazz guitar player pushing at the ...

Stian Westerhus (born 2 April 1979 in Jådåren near Steinkjer, Norway) is a Norwegian guitarist known for his experimental style, exposed with keyboardist Øystein Moen in the bands Jaga Jazzist and ...