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Summary: <p>Big Bend is a collaborative project led by pianist Nathan Phillips, who assembled a rotating cast of musicians, including ambient zither player Laraaji, the renowned slide guitarist Susan Alcorn, and many others. Although Phillips is a composer, the Big Bend project grew out of improvisations, and the resulting songs live in a gray area between art song, pop song, and ambient music. Nathan has assembled a version of Big Bend, with guitar and strings, and they'll perform songs from his latest, <em>Radish,</em> in-studio. </p> <p><em>Watch the session here:</em> </p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://bigbend.bandcamp.com/album/radish">Radish by Big Bend</a></p>