Larkin Grimm - Glasslands pics, MP3s & 2009 tour dates
photos by Lori Baily
DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Pigeon Food (2005 MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Secret Eye (2006 MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Larkin Grimm – Ride That Cyclone (2008 MP3)
“Larkin Grimm (born September 18, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Memphis, Tennessee.
She was born into a spiritual commune/cult called ‘The Holy Order of MANS’. Her father is a fiddler of German, Afro-Caribbean, and Sinti descent, and her mother is a hippie folk-singer of English, French, and Cree descent. After her parents left the cult, they relocated to Dahlonega, Georgia, where she grew up. She won a scholarship to study at Yale where she painted and sculpted. At 20 years old she dropped out of Yale, and moved to Alaska, where she hiked and began to experiment with singing. She later was convinced by a friend to return to Yale, where she began to record ‘Harpoon’, which was inspired by a love affair at that time. She then moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where she has since produced another album called ‘The Last Tree’. Larkin’s third album ‘Parplar’ was released October 2008.” [Wikipedia]
As embarrassing as this is, Dave Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors is always the first thing I think of when I hear “Yale”. Interestingly (I never knew this before), according to her bio, Larkin Grimm knew Dave at Yale and even played in the Dirty Projectors for a short time.
Parplar was released by Michael Gira’s Young God Records in October 2008. Sample tracks from all three of her albums are available for free above. Check ’em out.
Larkin often gigs around own with Michael or her Young Gold labelmates. On September 3rd, she played Glasslands with Extra Life, Zs and Liturgy. The pictures in this post are from that show.
Coming up, she’s playing September 11th in Boston and Sept. 12th in NYC – the latter of which will be at the new Knitting Factory Brooklyn (set to open on Sept. 9th with Les Savy Fav). There she plays with circus rock bands Mucca Pazza and Beat Circus. She’s also at Santos’ Musicka Mystica Maxima Fest on September 21st and 22nd. Finally, she is scheduled to play the Happy Ending Music and Reading Series at Joe’s Pub on October 7th.
All dates and more pictures from the Glasslands show, below…
Larkin Grimm – 2009 Tour Dates
Sep 11 The Middle East Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 12 The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, New York
Sep 21 Santos Party House NY, NY
Oct 07 Joe’s Pub, NY, NY *
* Happy Ending Music and Reading Series featuring Stephen Elliott, Tanguy Viel with musical Guest Larkin Grimm
