Loren Connors, now 75, remains an unstoppable force of creative expression. As his vast catalog of recordings continues to be reissued, and his visual art finds new audiences, he still moves forward—improvising in real time, forging his own path through a spectral, mutated form of the blues.

Out today are two new albums that document Loren's unmistakable sound—the haunting Nightfall, and the explosive Spitfire. Both 10-inch min-albums are limited to around 300 copies each. 

Suzanne Langille and Loren Connors celebrate their October birthdays — and the forth-coming release of the Suzanne Langille Songbook 2xCD (Family Vineyard / Feeding Tube) with a night of friends and collaborators. including Alan Licht, Angela Jaeger, Alessandra Novaga, Andrew Burnes, Bill Nace, Byron Coley, Daniel Carter, David Daniell, John Kolodij, Jane Hesser, Laura Ortman, Lin Culbertson, Neel Murgai, Ras Moshe Burnett, Tom Carter, Tom Surgal, Gabriel Martinez, Ronnie Yates, and William Hooker.

Friday Oct. 4 event at Artists Space, NYC will also include a tribute to guitarist Dean Roberts, who had planned to travel from Lisbon to be part of this event but recently passed away. Performance produced by Blank Forms.

It’s finally happening, Loren Connors in Chicago, again.

It was November 1996 the last time Loren was in Chicago for the Yttrium festival organized by Table of the Elements. John Fahey, Tony Conrad, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino and others shared the Empty Bottle stage over three nights.

Fahey left us is 2001, but his paintings hang with Loren's art for the gallery show I Listen to the Worn Out Rain at Soccer Club Club. It opens Aug. 30 with a 7 p.m. reception — Loren plays solo and with Michael Vallera. The show continues through Oct. 4.

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