Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe is a British free improvisation guitarist. He is one of the few relatively well-known musicians (along with perhaps Derek Bailey and Evan Parker) in the small but dedicated free improvisation community.Rowe began his career playing jazz, but grew tired of what he considered the form's limitations. He gradually expanded into free jazz and free improvisation, and gradually abandoned conventional guitar technique. Rather, he developed tabletop guitar techniques: placing the guitar flat on a table and manipulating the strings, body and pickups to produce sounds described as dark, brooding, compelling, expansive and alien.
Rowe sometimes incorporates live radio broadcasts into his performances.