Bryce Dessner

Big Ears Festival expands lineup again: Jonny Greenwood, So Percussion, Rachel Grimes & more

Jonny Greenwood w/ Radiohead @ Prudential Center 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Knoxville, TN’s Big Ears Festival goes down March 28 – 30, mixing modern composers and adventurous rock acts…

Tibet House 24th Annual Benefit Concert lineup & tix (Iggy Pop, New Order, Patti Smith, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass & more)

Iggy Pop at SXSW 2013 (more by Greg Cristman) The annual Tibet House Benefit Concert is returning for its 24th year on March 11 at Carnegie Hall…

NPR Music list their 50 favorite albums of 2013

NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more…

The National played Sycamore & Public Assembly (pics); Mercury Lounge is later tonight

PA , Sycamore photos courtesy of Ditmas Park Corner “So great that I made it for The National’s concert. Really small venue and great vibe…

Van Dyke Parks cancels MHOW appearance; Philip Glass still playing, w/ Sondre Lerche, Bryce Dessner & more added to bill

Sondre Lerche @ MHOW, 2011 (more by Dana Yavin) Bad news: due to a hand injury, Van Dyke Parks will not be performing at the Henry Miller Library / Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge concert this Sunday (5/19) at Music Hall of Williamsburg…

Brooklyn Youth Chorus playing stuff by Arcade Fire/National members w/ Kronos Quartet & in Bang on a Can Marathon

As mentioned, acclaimed ensemble Kronos Quartet are celebrating their ruby anniversary this year with the “Kronos at 40” mini-festival within Lincon Center Out of Doors’ 2013 slate…

updated Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 2013 lineup +++ The National's new single (listen/watch)

Parquet Courts on a bridge in Austin last month (more by Amanda Hatfield) As mentioned, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, the festival curated by The National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, will return to BAM from April 25 to 27…

Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & Sufjan Stevens' 'Planetarium' made its debut at BAM (pics)

“#Planetarium brought the house down. The future is officially made of lights, lasers and projectors.” – @BAM_Brooklyn Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and Sufjan Stevens‘ long-in-the-works collaboration, Planetarium, made its debut last night (3/21) at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House and was a symphony of light and sound…

Clogs releasing new EP (download a track), playing Ecstatic Music Festival w/ Shara Worden, DM Stith & others (dates)

Clogs at Merkin Concert Hall in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Clogs, the modern classical collective that sometimes counts The National’s Bryce Dessner as a member, are releasing their new EP, The Sundown Song EP, the followup to 2010’s The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton LP and Last Song, on February 5…

National-curated Crossing Brooklyn Ferry returns to BAM; Bryce, Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, other 2013 shows too

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 2012 (more by David Andrako) The inaugural Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival that went down at BAM this past May and was curated’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, was a success and they’ve decided to do it again in 2013…
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