Bryce Dessner
Big Ears Festival adds Silver Apples, Tyondai Braxton, Omar Souleyman, Ryley Walker, William Tyler & more to lineup
The lineup has been expanded for the 2015 Big Ears Festival, happening March 27-29 in Knoxville, TN. New additions include psych pioneers Silver Apples, former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton (performing HIVE), Syrian pop singer Omar Souleyman, folk singer Ryley Walker, guitar wiz William Tyler, modern classical collective Bing & Ruth, electronic/ambient musician Loscil, cabaret singer Little Annie, and Chinese composer Wu …
Arcade Fire's Will Butler announces debut solo album; other AF members talked punk roots with Damien Abraham
Perhaps you’ve noticed that Arcade Fire’s Will Butler (brother of the band’s lead singer Win Butler) has played as a solo artist a couple times recen…
Big Ears Festival 2015 initial linup & tix (Laurie Anderson, tUnE-yArDs, Swans, Perfume Genius, Grouper, and more)
Big Ears Festival will return to various Knoxville, TN venues in 2015 from March 27-29, and the initial lineup was just announced. Kronos Quartet will be the artists in residence for the weekend and perform at several co…
Ryan Keberle covers his collaborator Sufjan Stevens on new LP (listen), playing shows (dates)
Trombonist Ryan Keberle has played as a member of Sufjan Stevens‘ Age of Adz band, St. Vincent & David Byrne‘s band, and appeared with Sufjan, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly at their Planetarium sh…
So Percussion performing at Bryce Dessner-curated concert in Brooklyn ++ other dates
While best-known as guitarist in The National, Bryce Dessner is also a world-renowned composer as you might be aware. On that tip, he’s curated a night at Gowanus Art+Production‘s Green House on September 25 featuring the So Percussion ensemble…
BAM Next Wave Festival 2014 announced: Rufus Wainwright, Tom Verlaine, Dean Wareham, Bradford Cox & lots more
Dean Wareham @ Maxwell’s, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck)
While we already knew that “Nonesuch Records at BAM” and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival, the full line-up of programming has just been announced…
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014 free show lineup (Americanafest, Jose Gonzalez, Pete Seeger memorial, Roberta Flack & more)
The 2014 season of Lincoln Center‘s free Out of Doors festival happens over three weeks this summer, from July 20 – August 10 at various outdoor venues in and around Lincoln Center…
upcoming Brooklyn Youth Chorus events, including w/ Bryce Dessner & Julianna Barwick (who's getting her own beer)
BYC at Ecstatic Music Fest 2014 (more by David Andrako)
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus have a few performances coming up, and as usual, a couple of them are with notable indie musicians…
Megafaun on tour w/ Grandma Sparrow (SPECIAL GUESTS promised); The National's Grateful Dead album keeps truckin'
Megafaun at Ecstatic Music Fest in 2013 (more by David Andrako)
Megafaun kicked off their short tour in their hometown of Durham, NC last night (4/29) and it continues with another show there tonight (4/30) before hitting DC and finally wrapping up in NYC on Friday (5/2) at Baby’s All Right…
Bang on a Can Marathon returning in 2014 w/ Jherek Bischoff, So Percussion, Roomful of Teeth, DJ /Rupture and more
Bang on a Can Marathon 2011 (more by Andrew Frisicano)
As part of this year’s River to River Festival, the free annual Bang on a Can Marathon will return to Brookfield Place, Winter Garden on June 22 from 2-10 PM:Bang on a Can returns with its annual super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the wo…
