Hello again! Please enjoy this, our second “single”, a bit of cool school + open/free improvisation called “Down Close”. More to follow (of course)! 🎥 directed & produced by Patrick Linehan Full video: #ConsentrikQuartet #NewMusicFriday #DownClose

Hot on the heels of our eponymous @bluenoterecords album release, Consentrik Quartet could be playing in/near your town in early April! We hope to see you at one of these recitals! On sale this Friday @ 12pm local time 🙏 Design by James Aloysius #ConsentrikTour #LiveMusic2025

Well, here we are: Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Chris Lightcap (bass), Tom Rainey (drums) & yours truly, assaying “The 23” - a song named after a NY county highway, not the Illuminati. Full video at 🎥 directed & produced by Patrick Linehan

Hello, folks! I am extremely pleased to announce the imminent release of my new record, “Nels Cline : Consentrik Quartet” on @bluenoterecords 🙏 "The 23" - the first single from the album - is out now on all platforms #ConsentrikQuartet #NelsCline #BlueNoteRecords #NewRelease

Denver Comes Alive with lots of music/bands on January 17th, including one especially groovacious one that includes yours truly! More info at tickets on sale this Friday at 10am MT. #DenverComesAlive #NelsCline #DCA2025

RT @john_medeski: Williamsburg & Woodstock - we’re coming to you in January! Presale begins this Thursday at 10am ET - general onsale this…

Greetings, folks! This is really happening!!! An honor for yours truly 🙏, and I hope that ardent listeners in Philadelphia and beyond will come out to Solar Myth and dig the haps. Tickets & info at #NelsCline #SolarMyth #ArsNovaWorkshop

Tonight at The Bitter End for @KeepGunsoffCamp with Yuka Honda, Eljuri, & Sista Zock - info and tickets at the link in bio🙏

I am extremely pleased to have been asked by @ArsNovaWorkshop in Philadelphia to do a residency at Solar Myth, the intimate club which they oversee/underwrite. I'll be attempting a different lineup each night, so I hope to see you in Philly! Info & tickets at the link in bio.

To the good people of the beautiful Hudson Valley, why not come together on October 4th in Kingston, NY for this Hudson Valley Votes rally and concert?? I’ll be playing, and a whole lot of quality folks will be speaking, singing, playing, possibly dancing, too! See you there!

To everyone from Yuka and me: Yuka Honda and I will perform solo sets to benefit @KeepGunsoffCamp and to raise awareness on Oct. 1st at The Bitter End in the West Village. Info & tickets at the link in bio.

People of Earth please note: I have put together a Night Of The Guitarists at @ConstellationCh this Saturday 9/7 to benefit @PeoplesMusicSch directly. Come on down and enjoy the sounds - heartfelt thanks to Mike Reed, to the guitarists, to YOU. Tickets at the link in bio!

I am pleased as punch to be doing a residency of sorts at Solar Myth in Philadelphia this coming October! Thanks to @ArsNovaWorkshop 🙏‼️ Tickets on sale tomorrow at 10am, more info at #NelsCline #SolarMyth #ArsNovaWorkshop

Excited to play at @lprnyc on August 24th following the Alternative Guitar Summit camp in Big Indian, NY - looking like a great night of music! Grab your tickets now at #nelscline #lprnyc #alternativeguitarsummit

People of Earth (particularly those in general vicinity of Woodstock/Bearsville), please take heed: An ELECTRIC HOOTENANNY of fairly EPIC PROPORTIONS is scheduled next month at the luscious Bearsville Theater! Tickets & info at #PsychadelicParty

People of Earth & beyond, today sees the release of a heap of new music releases! - Saccata Quartet (Glenn Kotche, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray, yours truly)! - @Wilco: Hot Sun EP! - Eucademix (that’s @YukaCHonda, folks): Farm Psychedelia EP! Please listen!  XO

People of Earth, please note: Announcing the arrival of a recording by Saccata Quartet, an improvising collective You can find more info at the link in bio or by visiting

Late May saw the vinyl reissue of the seminal first record by Gateway as part of the legendary label ECM’s “Luminescence Series”. I am proud to tell you that I was asked to write the liner notes — so I did! Please check out this if this sounds interesting to you. XO

Attention aspiring guitarists on planet Earth: This August sees the continuation of the Alternative Guitar Summit’s Guitar Camp in upstate New York. Check out more info at the link in bio and come on out to Big Indian NY! And yeah, I’ll be there. #alternativeguitarsummit

I will be playing tomorrow June 5th at The Stone @ The New School as part of clarinetist/composer Ben Goldberg's run of concerts there this week. Please join me along with Trevor Dunn (bass), Tom Rainey (drums) and Ben (of course)! 8:30PM, $20 at the door, all ages. XO