She also talked about her love of Billie Holiday, saying, ”long live the genius spirit of Billie Holiday that will live on forever through her transcendent work.”
For the first time in the venue's history, Los Angeles' historic Hollywood Bowl had to cancel its 2020 season in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, so instead, they've put together a streaming festival with footage from past performances there.
Additions include Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) + Mats Gustafsson (The Thing), Paal Nilssen-Love (The Thing) + Arto Lindsay, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Yuka C. Honda (Cibo Matto), and more.
"We'd like to thank you so much for your love and support. Hopefully you understand that this is a necessary and positive change for us. We will still be going forward with our own endeavors, and we hope that we can stay in touch with you for the next part of the journey" - Cibo Matto
For the fifth and final show of this edition of all women series The Hum, musicians like The Blow, Deradoorian, Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, Eartheater, Ikue Mori, and others collaborated.
The October edition of all-women improv series The Hum includes members/contributors of Cibo Matto, Buke & Gase, TEEN, Janka Nabay's band, Fielded, Ava Luna, Body Language, Invisible Familiars, GABI, Lake Street Dive, and more.
The guests will be Sean Lennon, Colin Stetson Chairlift singer Caroline Polachek (who’s also DJing), Dirty Three/Xylouris White’s Jim White, Arcade Fire’s Sarah Neufeld, Darkside’s Dave Harrington, and more.
Yoko Ono, who turns 83 today (2/18), is streaming her new LP Yes I'm A Witch Too, which is being released on Manimal. The album features collaborations with Death Cab for Cutie, Sean Lennon, Sparks, Peter, Bjorn and John, Moby, tUnE-yArDs and Cibo Matto, among others...