Apr 2, 2024 12:59 PM
Saxophonist, Sonic Explorer Casey Benjamin Dies at 45
Casey Benjamin, the alto saxophonist, vocalist, keyboardist and producer who stamped his distinctive sounds on the…
In The Country will release Losing Stones, Collecting Bones (Rune Grammofon), the trio’s follow-up to its 2005 debut, This Was The Pace Of My Heart, on Nov. 6. The album features 11 new originals by Morten Qvenild, and was recorded at Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, Sweden.
The trio was formed at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway, in 2003 and is comprised of Qvenild, Roger Arntzen and Pål Hausken. Losing Stones, Collecting Bones
For more information, go to inthecountry.no.
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