Glenn Chatten - Guitar   Ken Cade - Electric Violin   Enrico Renz - Guitar

Glenn’s song writing emerges from in the “in-between” spaces of life: the spaces between children at a park, between a gathering of aboriginal elders, on a prairie road under the stars, on the bank of a river where spawning salmon run.

Glenn’s musical inspiration stems from many varying roots not the least of which is the intricate finger-picking style and social justice edge of Bruce Cockburn, the late sitar guru Ravi Shankar, and World Music visionaries, Idan Raichel of the Idan Raichel Project and Vieux Farke Touré. In discovering, being deeply moved, and influenced by the new awareness and global consciousness that is offered up by these musicians, Glenn has made a commitment to experiment with the guitar through creating innovative open tunings, varying capo arrangements, alternate rhythms and finger-picking styles. Glenn is also interested in continually using other stringed instruments, styling, arrangements from cultures such as India, Middle East and Thailand, etc….creating a blend of influences from folk, blues, jazz, classical, Celtic, Eastern and meditative styles.

www.glennchatten.com    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDvbYdAInI

JoyFest 2015 - "One Step Closer to the Grave"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro_wYdrEa3E

Genesis Theatre 2014 - "How Deep"  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4furuLdkgg

Crescent Moon  Over Laos Book Launch - "Naam" (instrumental)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w-5bIi3O9o

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INTRODUCTION

Glenn’s song writing emerges from in the “in-between” spaces of life: the spaces between       children at a park, between a gathering of aboriginal elders, on a prairie road under the stars, on the bank of a river where spawning salmon run.                                                                                   His songs embrace the fragility and finite nature of life, the beauty of the brokenness that we all share as temporal beings in this world. Meditation has deepened his musical vision by enabling him to find and embrace those in-between spaces within the Self and articulate them within the music he composes. He recognizes and integrates this  sense of space in both his lyrics and within his unique instrumental styles on  guitar.

Glenn’s musical inspiration stems from many varying roots not the least of which is the intricate finger-picking style  and  social justice  edge of Bruce Cockburn,  the late  sitar guru  Ravi Shankar,  and  World  Music   visionaries,  Idan Raichel of the  Idan Raichel Project and  Vieux  Farke Touré.  In discovering, being deeply moved,  and influenced  by the new awareness and  global consciousness  that is offered up  by these     musicians, Glenn has made a commitment to experiment with the guitar through creating innovative open tunings, varying capo arrangements, alternate rhythms and finger-picking styles. Glenn is also interested in continually  using other  stringed instruments, styling,  arrangements from cultures such as India, Middle East and  Thailand, etc….creating a blend of influences from folk, blues, jazz, classical, Celtic, Eastern and meditative styles.

Having deep respect for the  musicians with whom he performs, Glenn’s intent is always to make real everyone’s potential, sharing not only the soul-filled joy of music with them but fostering it in other young  artists in the community, and even inspiring audiences to do the same.

A participating member of SAC (Songwriter’s Association of Canada); Music BC; Leader of ‘The Glenn Chatten Band’ and the Band ‘Raising Change’; the Musical Director of the Vancouver Youth Theatre; the Artistic Director of  Vancouver’s ‘Joy Fest’; and co host of the popular songwriting showcase ’Taking Turns at The Grind’,  Glenn has become a respected and established singer/songwriter in Vancouver, with over thirty years of experience as an uniquely phenomenal finger-style acoustic  guitarist, touring Canadian performer, producer and recording artist.

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