Premiere of The Path Only Appears With The First Step

Premiere of The Path Only Appears With The First Step

Jan 15, 2026 | Article, Events, Music, News, Press

A virtuosic and vulnerable tour de force, Parallel Play is a recital for solo dancer and solo percussionist choreographer/dancer Myles Thatcher and percussionist Andy Meyerson exploring the past, present, and future of their respective disciplines. In this world...
Saccata Quartet ft. Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche

Saccata Quartet ft. Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche

Oct 22, 2025 | Events, Music, Performance, Press

Saccata Quartet are Nels Cline (Wilco), Chris Corsano, Darin Gray and Glenn Kotche (Wilco). While Saccata Quartet’s music could probably well be called free jazz, drone, dark ambient, post-noise or kosmische-noir, it should not be labeled too rigorously under...
Hear Glenn on Gyan Riley’s New Album—Winter Sun

Hear Glenn on Gyan Riley’s New Album—Winter Sun

Feb 7, 2025 | Article, Music, News, Press

Gyan Riley is described as a one-man American-music machine, amicably ranging across the fields of jazz, world music, and post- minimalism. Glenn plays on tracks 2,4,6,7, and 8. More Info
Glenn plays percussion on new LP from Finnish artist Jussi Jaakonaho

Glenn plays percussion on new LP from Finnish artist Jussi Jaakonaho

Apr 22, 2024 | Music, News, Press, Uncategorized

Glenn plays percussion on one track on this new LP from Finnish artist Jussi Jaakonaho.Listen / More...
Glenn plays drums and percussion on 11 songs on the new Taylor Swift double album

Glenn plays drums and percussion on 11 songs on the new Taylor Swift double album

Apr 19, 2024 | Music, News, Press

Some two months after announcing it at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift released her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, overnight. Two hours later, she surprise-released a 15-track expansion of the album, dubbed The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology....
Olavi Louhivuori Presents “Immediate Music III” – A Boundary-Pushing Musical Triumph with drummers Glenn Kotche and Tony Buck

Olavi Louhivuori Presents “Immediate Music III” – A Boundary-Pushing Musical Triumph with drummers Glenn Kotche and Tony Buck

Apr 18, 2024 | Music, News, Press

Renowned Finnish artist, drummer and composer Olavi Louhivuori invites listeners to embark on an extraordinary journey with the release of his highly anticipated album, Immediate Music III. The final installment of the captivating Immediate Music trilogy, this...
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Glenn Kotche is an American drummer and composer, best known for his involvement in the band Wilco since 2001. He was included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers of all time list and named the 40th greatest drummer of all time by by Gigwise in 2008.

Kotche is involved with several other projects including an ongoing band with Darin Gray called On Fillmore, and projects with Jim O’Rourke, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien and Phil Selway, Neil Finn, Kronos Quartet, Iron and Wine, Chicago Youth Symphony, Andrew Bird and many more.

He has appeared on over 100 recordings to date.

A Beat a Week

Glenn’s book, A Beat A Week, featured his recorded beats. In continuation he’ll be posting fresh grooves here weekly.
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Beat a week - Handwritten by Glenn Kotche

GLENN KOTCHE LIVE AT PASIC

A Multimedia Experience Powered by Sensory Percussion. Glenn Kotche’s PASIC performance brilliantly melds Sensory Percussion technology with multimedia art, showcasing his inventive use of a drum kit to control audio, video, and lighting. This innovative show, detailed with behind-the-scenes insights and technical breakdowns, features performances that highlight Kotche’s creative prowess. For an in-depth exploration and videos of this groundbreaking event, click here.

glenn kotche playing drumkit with cool graphi to the right.

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