Person
Zeena Parkins
Albums
31
Members
9
Active
1956–present
Origin
United States
Biography
Zeena Parkins (born in 1956, Detroit, Michigan, United States) is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as a custom-made electric harp.
In addition to her solo recordings, she has recorded or performed with Björk, John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Tin Hat Trio, Jim O'Rourke, Fred Frith, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline, Pauline Oliveros, and others. She has also worked with choreographers including Neil Greenberg, Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh, Jennifer Lacey, and video artist Janene Higgins.
She was a member of three experimental rock bands: No Safety, News from Babel and Fred Frith's review band, Keep the Dog.
Discography
Something Out There
Something Out There
143 Ludlow St. NYC
La Légende De La Pluie
Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley
Psycho-Acoustic
Chipfarm
Isabelle
The Gift of Tongues
Mouth=Maul=Betrayer
Psycho-Acoustic >Blackburst<
Fear No Fall
No Way Back
Pan-Acousticon
The Opium War
Screen: Festival Concepts of Doing 1999
Live at Easthampton Town Hall
Phantom Orchard
Necklace
Between the Whiles
Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics
Three Harps, Tuning Forks & Electronics
Captiva
Triplicates
Recognition
Scale
Glass Triangle
To Dusk
Dam Against The Spring Tide
Modesty Of The Magic Thing