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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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CALLING GLENN

Fall 2018 Performances. Come see the collaborative work of Ate9 Dance Company and Glenn Kotche in calling glenn. Tickets available for performances in NYC, Chicago, LA, Minneapolis and Boston. TICKE TS>

FISHING

April 6, 2019 MASS MoCa Performance. Take a first look at the work-in-progress showing of Fishing, a multidisciplinary performance in collaboration with actor Jon Hamm and director/choreographer Danielle Agami. TICKETS>

RECENT NEWS

Make Music Winter 2022: Bell By Bell
An Evening of Wilco Members’ Solo Projects
Solo Drumkit Compositions Channel Launched
Wilco’s Glenn Kotche
Chelsea Walls – Original Music by Jeff Tweedy
Tell Your Friends – New Song by Wilco
Bow Shoulder – Pre-Order
Keeping the Beat by TNMEA
Quarantine Check-In with Glenn Kotche
Drumming with Glenn
Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche on composing from the drumkit, his favorite classical music
Wilco, Jeff Tweedy go inside the music at its ‘Winterlude’ residency at the Chicago Theatre
Chicago Drum Show
Ate9 Dance Company is breathtaking in Boston
Why More and More Mainstream Musicians Are Composing Scores for Dance
Glenn Kotche :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Wild Sound
New Glenn Work The Beautiful Confusion World Premieres March 3, Commissioned by UAB’s Albs Stephens Center for Third Coast Percussion
Glenn Featured on New First Aid Kit Album, Ruins
Calling Glenn at Royce Hall, UCLA on Nov. 11

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