Glenn Kotche, the drummer of American based bands Wilco and On Fillmore, and who released his first solo album last year, provides us with some updates on his work. This August Glenn is on the cover of Modern Drummer. The article delves into Glenn\'s various drumming techniques from solo projects to On Fillmore and Wilco and is a fantastic read.
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Glenn also updated his web site glennkotche.com. Lots of music is added, along with a version of Glenn performing Monkey Chant, filmed by Christoph Green and Brendan Canty, the team that produced Jeff Tweedy\'s solo dvd, \'Sunken Treasure\' and the recently released Wilco featurette, \'Shake It Off\'. Another Monkey Chant performance, this one from the 2006 Modern Drummer Fest highlights DVD (featuring Glenn, of course) is available now at your local music/drum shop.
Writing and recording Glenn will be joining Kronos Quartet at the 25th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival October 25 and 26 for the world premiere of his composition, Anomoly for string quartet and drumkit; He also makes a guest appearance on Wilco bandmate Nels Cline\'s newest release, \"The Nels Cline Singers - Draw Breath\'. His band On Fillmore recently released \'Sleeps With Fishes\' on Columbia Music Entertainment in Japan and returned to the studio (with more time scheduled later this Summer) to work on their third album.