Join us at Suoni per il Popolo for a special artist talk bringing together visionary guitarists Bill Orcutt and the ever-shifting, genre-defying Wendy Eisenberg, in conversation with Montreal-based programmer, organizer, and musician Alex Pelchat. Taking place on the 26th at 11 AM on the Casa terrace, this intimate discussion offers a rare glimpse into their creative processes, influences, and evolving practices at the edges of experimental music. The session will be recorded by CKUT for later broadcast—come be part of it live.
Bill Orcutt, one of experimental music’s most influential guitarists, crafts a singular sound that fuses American primitivism, outsider jazz, and fractured improvisation through stripped-down instruments, often missing two strings. Emerging from the explosive noise-rock band Harry Pussy, he helped redefine the genre before reemerging as a solo artist whose work bridges free improvisation and the deep roots of American song. Acclaimed by the New York Times, WIRE, NPR, and Rolling Stone, Orcutt continues to tour internationally, delivering raw, jagged performances that push the limits of the guitar with relentless intensity and inventive sonic language.
Wendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitarist, the coordinates of their artistry are ever-shifting, from art-rock to jazz to blistering free improv and eloquent folk. On catalog highlights including 2020’s 'Auto' and the 2024 free-jazz sprawler 'Viewfinder', they’ve made a signature of ambition.
As Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021, “I need to be in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.” Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism, but a genuine artistic essence.
Alex Pelchat is a concert programmer, union organizer and part-time noisemaker from Montreal who is a part of the Mardi Spaghetti organization dedicated to improvised music.
Artist Talk with Bill Orcutt, Wendy Eisenberg and Alex Pelchat
Join us at Suoni per il Popolo for a special artist talk bringing together visionary guitarists Bill Orcutt and the ever-shifting, genre-defying Wendy Eisenberg, in conversation with Montreal-based programmer, organizer, and musician Alex Pelchat. Taking place on the 26th at 11 AM on the Casa terrace, this intimate discussion offers a rare glimpse into their creative processes, influences, and evolving practices at the edges of experimental music. The session will be recorded by CKUT for later broadcast—come be part of it live.
Bill Orcutt, one of experimental music’s most influential guitarists, crafts a singular sound that fuses American primitivism, outsider jazz, and fractured improvisation through stripped-down instruments, often missing two strings. Emerging from the explosive noise-rock band Harry Pussy, he helped redefine the genre before reemerging as a solo artist whose work bridges free improvisation and the deep roots of American song. Acclaimed by the New York Times, WIRE, NPR, and Rolling Stone, Orcutt continues to tour internationally, delivering raw, jagged performances that push the limits of the guitar with relentless intensity and inventive sonic language.
Wendy Eisenberg has spent the past decade as a fixture of independent music and an artist of inspired multiplicity. As a singer-songwriter, improviser, and virtuoso guitarist, the coordinates of their artistry are ever-shifting, from art-rock to jazz to blistering free improv and eloquent folk. On catalog highlights including 2020’s 'Auto' and the 2024 free-jazz sprawler 'Viewfinder', they’ve made a signature of ambition.
As Eisenberg told fellow guitarist Nick Millevoi in an interview for Premier Guitar in 2021, “I need to be in a punk band at the same time as I need to be playing free improv at the same time as I need to be playing songs. All at the same time—otherwise none of the practices will work for me.” Their musical range isn’t a glib manifestation of eclecticism, but a genuine artistic essence.
Alex Pelchat is a concert programmer, union organizer and part-time noisemaker from Montreal who is a part of the Mardi Spaghetti organization dedicated to improvised music.