Nels Courtney Cline (born January 4, 1956) [1] is an American guitarist and composer. He has been a guitarist for the band Wilco since 2004. In the 1980s he played jazz, often in collaboration with his twin brother Alex, a percussionist.

To be sure, the guitarist and composer Nels Cline has range. Think of how he elevates the songs of Jeff Tweedy as a member of Wilco, or the diverse musical terrain he’s traversed on his albums for Blue Note Records over the past decade — from the gorgeous, sweeping mood music of Lovers to the wide-open sonic audacity of Share the Wealth ...

18 小时之前 · I first heard Nels Cline in 1999, when he and drummer Gregg Bendian released Interstellar Space Revisited.The original Interstellar Space album was a set of four saxophone-drums duos played by ...

A true guitar polymath, Nels Cline’s recording and performing career spans jazz, rock, punk and experimental music with over 200 recordings, including 30 as a leader, to his credit. His many accolades include being anointed by Rolling Stone as both one of 20 New Guitar Gods and one of the top 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

On November 13, 2020, Nels Cline released his 3rd Blue Note album Share the Wealth, a dynamic double album featuring 10 swirling, evocative soundscapes including the epic first single “ Beam/Spiral ” and their explosive version of Caetano Veloso’s “ Segunda ”.

2025年1月31日 · Today, acclaimed guitarist and Wilco member Nels Cline released “Down Close,” the second single and live video from his upcoming album Consentrik Quartet, out March 14 on Blue Note Records.

2025年3月13日 · Nels is best known now as the towering, lanky, blond guitar provocateur of Wilco, a gig he’s had for 21 years now, following stints in bands including Bloc, ex-Minutemen bassist Mike...

2025年3月7日 · Nels Cline has explored a myriad of musical worlds, from punk to folk, from country to jazz, and his musical tastes reflect the wealth of styles he has worked in. Raised in L.A., Cline is perhaps best known for being a member of Chicago’s Wilco since 2004, a group that, like Cline himself is musically restless, blending everything from indie ...

6 天之前 · For nearly two decades, Nels Cline has been best known as the mercurial, shape-shifting guitarist of Wilco, a role that has introduced his name to legions of fans and placed him at the center of a beloved and influential American band. But to reduce Cline's career to his work with Wilco would be to miss the expansive, restless nature of his ...

2024年9月14日 · Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that encompasses delicate lyricism, sonic abstractions, and skull-crunching flights of fancy, inspiring Jazz Times to call him, "The ...