Richard Thompson touring, playing “All Requests” shows in NYC
Guitar great Richard Thompson has Northeast tour dates in August and September, ahead of his "All Requests" shows at Symphony Space in December.
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Meshell Ndegeocello doing NYC residency at Symphony Space
The bassist, vocalist and songwriter has curated three nights at Symphony Space, each dedicated to a different influence.
The Magnetic Fields played 2 shows in Stephin Merritt residency at Symphony Space (night 2 pics, setlists)
This past Saturday at Symphony Space marked the third night of the four-show A Stephin Merritt / The Magnetic Fields Residency that features two nights of Magnetic Fields, and a show each for his bands The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes...
Richard Thompson touring, playing “All Requests” shows in NYC
Richard Thompson's tour includes a couple of ”All Requests Live!” shows at NYC's Symphony Space on Friday February 7 and Saturday February 8, 2020, where he'll eschew a setlist in favor of spontaneity, letting the audience decide what he plays in real time by drawing requests onstage.
John Darnielle debuts new Mountain Goats song “Skeleton’s Tooth” at Symphony Space
”I sat down to write this song with my son. I said, ’what should we call this jam?’ He said ‘Skeleton’s Tooth’, Darnielle laughed, ”So I wrote Skeleton’s Tooth.”
John Darnielle doing ‘Selected Shorts’ at Symphony Space; Mountain Goats touring
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle will ”explore the connective tissues between songwriting and storytelling” for 'Selected Shorts,' ”a weekly public radio show broadcast” that ”[features] stories around a lively theme, the favorite works of a guest author, or a special collaboration.”
Polica & s t a r g a z e @ Symphony Space (pics)
Pop-indie band Polica and composer André de Ridder's orchestral ensemble s t a r g a z e recently released their Music For the Long Emergency project as an album and now they're currently bringing it to the stage on tour.
Polica & s t a r g a z e team for collaborative LP and tour (hear a song)
The first single is the ten-minute "How Is This Happening," which Channy Leaneagh says was inspired by Trump's election.
Honduran musician Aurelio Martinez released ‘Landini,’ touring North America (dates, video)
The leading light of Garifuna music has come home to roost. After his adventurous 2011 release --for which he traveled to Senegal and recorded with West African musicians--Aurelio understood anew that his strength as a musician lay in his own roots...
ALSO: John Lennon’s Birthday, Rancid & RATM box sets, ATP Japan, Trail of Dead, Kylesa, Luyas, Black Keys & more
Today is John Lennon's birthday, and so Yoko Ono is giving Lady Gaga an award, in Iceland. John would've been 72. Check out a gallery of the former Beatle's drawings (like the one above) over at the Huffington Post...