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             Reincarnation
 
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         2005
 
  
          Into The Unknown

   Glenn Roth 
         Innovative 
   Fingerstyle Guitarist

In the vaulted splendor of Grand Central Terminal, 
Glenn Roth's sonic sorcery undercuts the shrieking trains and rushed din of travelers, conjuring an oasis of peace and beauty amid the chaos. Glenn, a licensed performer in the MTA’s Music Under New York program, is not your typical commuter from Connecticut. His fingers work magic on the acoustic guitar, creating a soundscape of compelling melodies that invite you to leave the cityrush behind on an aural escape.

Glenn’s guitar playing is fiery and highly original, with
finger-picked compositions that are complex and melodically rich. With the exception of Loop, a multilayered construct in which each flat-picked stratum is built, in turn, on another, Glenn is purely a fingerstyle player, his thumb riding the bassline and the melody driving all. His compositions suggest multiple guitars, but it’s really just one guy, ten flying fingers, one instrument.

All instrumental, Glenn’s songs suggest moods and narratives that compel the listener to fill in the details. They can evoke bright, clean images—streams bubbling over sunglazed rocks in the cool, delicate Boulder Morning--or a darker beauty, as in the eastern-tinged edginess of Reincarnation, the elusiveness of Labyrinth. His three releases to date, Innovations, Busker, and Into the Unknown, display a range of influences with uniting threads: pure virtuosity and strong songwriting.

Like many modern guitar players, Glenn’s first influence was rock music: Iron Maiden, Tool, 311, Radiohead. Listen carefully and you can hear a hint of that in his compositions—a playful chug, an airiness, a strong sense of rhythm. The most direct nod to his rock and roll past, Glenn’s instrumental version of Iron Maiden’s Run to the Hills, has garnered a half million hits on YouTube and won Glenn legions of fans.

A stint in the popular Connecticut-based jam band, Fountain Project, honed his improvisational skills, but it was a Tommy Emmanuel concert that provided Glenn with a roadmap and a vision. That road has led to interesting places, including shared bills with Monty Montgomery, Tuck & Patti, Gandalf Murphy,
Don Ross, Antoine Dufour, and Vicky Genfan, among others.

Glenn plays regularly throughout the northeast and tours nationally to bring his music to new fans and locales. A new CD is in the works.

· Endorsements include Batson Guitars, Stonebridge Guitars, Shubb Capos, Elixir strings, and Moody guitar straps.