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Glennie

British  
/ ˈɡlɛnɪ /

noun

  1. Dame Evelyn ( Elizabeth Ann ). born 1965, Scottish percussionist and composer; profundly deaf since the age of twelve

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Glennie: What made this collaboration special was precisely the fact that there wasn’t an established working relationship beforehand.

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Glennie: The music industry, and society more broadly, often carries a narrow view of deafness.

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Glennie: The line “Say yes but don’t take it so serious” captures a beautifully balanced perspective, and I think it speaks to the quiet complexity many of us feel when institutions recognize our work.

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Glennie: I’ve never recorded anything combining the poetic spoken word and music before, and I haven’t been exposed to any examples of this kind of collaboration.

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On “Sound Machine,” a track from the new album “Aloud” from poet Raymond Antrobus and percussionist Evelyn Glennie, Antrobus recalls his fear as a child when he knocked over his dad’s stereo.

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