Live Review: Colin Stetson
Arcade Fire’s Canadian-based saxophonist has one of the most unique playing styles you’ll ever see.
Colin Stetson
Colin Stetson (born 1975) is a Canadian-American saxophonist, multireedist, and composer based in Montreal. He is best known as a regular collaborator of the indie rock acts Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Bell Orchestre, and Ex Eye. In addition to saxophone, he plays clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, flute, and cornet.
Stetson has released various solo releases, including his debut and subsequent albums New History Warfare Vol. 1, 2, & 3, a collaborative studio album with violinist Sarah Neufeld entitled Never Were the Way She Was (2015), SORROW: A Reimagining of Henryk Górecki's 3rd Symphony (2016), and All This I Do for Glory (2017). Since 2013, Stetson has contributed the scores to several films and television series.
Albums
2003
Slow Descent
2008
New History Warfare, Volume 1
2011
New History Warfare, Volume 2: Judges
2013
New History Warfare, Volume 3: To See More Light
2016
Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki’s 3rd Symphony
2017
All This I Do for Glory
2022
Chimæra I
2023
When we were that what wept for the sea
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