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George Grella

Author

George Grella is a musician and writer. He's played at CBGB and Carnegie Hall, and composed acoustic, electronic, and computer music. His writing and music criticism has appeared in the Financial Times, The Wire, Bandcamp, New York Classical Review, The Tonearm, Music & Literature, Signal to Noise, The Strad, Red Hook/Village Star-Revue, New York Times, and numerous other publications. He's the author of the 333 series book "Miles Davis' Bitches Brew," and is the music editor of The Brooklyn Rail.

George Grella: The Time-Bending Art of Minimalist Music
May 31, 2026

George Grella: The Time-Bending Art of Minimalist Music

George Grella joins the podcast to discuss his book Minimalist Music and argue that the genre has nothing to do with sparse materials and everything to do with time.