Equal parts Bugs Bunny and Guillermo del Toro, THE SLAUGHTER BROTHERS DIME CIRCUS - A RADIO FANTASY is a meta-theatrical reflection on the nature of power and revenge. A highly theatrical blend of low-end carnival, violent vaudeville, clowns with issues, and insectoid horror, elevated by original music by Sullivan and Matthew Reid that can best be described as the unholy spawn of ironic German cabaret, swampy rhythm and blues, and carnival music of the damned.
American biologist and evolutionary theorist, Bret Weinstein, legendary documentary filmmaker, Ric Burns, and director/writer, Haroulas Rose, are Tom Needham's featured guests this week on THE SOUNDS OF FILM.
Award-winning composer Christopher Young, writer Robert Greene and director Alexandria Bombach are Tom Needham's guests on this Thursday's SOUNDS OF FILM.
The Big Damn Blues Revolution Tour brings together three amazing artists who are master musicians and showmen. The Reverend Peyton, Dom Flemons, and J.D. Wilkes also have a special bond in the blues-roots-folk music that they love and live. This unique tour showcases the best their genres have to offer and culminates every night in a special jam session with all three artists.
Consequence of Sound has announced its partnership with StubHub. With a goal to create a space for both artists and fans to connect and discover, this partnership will further both organizations commitments to live music, and build resources for live music fans to stay informed, find deals and get closer to their favorite artists.
With the summer at our fingertips, eclectic and musically expansive artist, IMANI COPPOLA, is releasing her sweltering new single 'SAMO'. The track leans into a theatrical bent with strong R&B influences, highlighting not only her incendiary vocal prowess, but also her skillful command of the violin.
The Magnetic Field's Stephin Merritt and the director of HORN FROM THE HEART: THE PAUL BUTTERFIELD STORY, John Anderson, are Tom Needham's exclusive guests this Thursday on WUSB's THE SOUNDS OF FILM.
Kronos Quartet's David Harrington will be Tom Needham's exclusive guest this Thursday, April 18th at 6 pm on WUSB's THE SOUNDS OF FILM. The two will be discussing A THOUSAND THOUGHTS: A Live Documentary with Kronos Quartet written and directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini. The multimedia piece, which has already earned lavish praise at the Sundance Film Festival, is making its New York City debut on Thursday, April 25th at The Town Hall.
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announced today the Innovation Series - Ironworks, Ironworks Late Night, and Roundhouse Performance Centre at the 2019 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which runs this summer from Friday, June 21 to Monday, July 1.
Electronic music luminary Squarepusher has joined the lineup for two incredible upcoming concerts at Brooklyn Steel presented by Festival of Disruption in partnership with Bowery Presents, with net proceeds benefitting theDavid Lynch Foundation's work bringing Transcendental Meditation to people suffering from post-traumatic stress.
Over nearly two decades together, Brooklyn's Dub Trio — Stu Brooks [bass],
DP Holmes [guitar], and Joe Tomino [drums]—not only delivered a string of albums that forever redefined the term “dub” under cover of metal, punk, alternative, and shoegaze, but also infused its musical prowess into the studio recordings and the shows of genre-bending icons ranging from Mike Patton to Lady Gaga. Today, Dub Trioannounces the April 26 release of The Shape of Dub To Come, the band's fifth full-length and first release for New Damage Records.
Performance Space New York's East Village Series, the first themed series under the leadership of Executive Artistic Director Jenny Schlenzka, has reexamined the audacious origins of the organization and the communities that formed around it. In 1986, choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones, composer/guitarist Chris Cochrane, writer Dennis Cooper, and an ensemble of dancers performed the first full version of THEM, an unblinking interdisciplinary work of scored improvisational dance, spoken text, and guitar, at what was then Performance Space 122.
Magical Iguana Productions and Let Us Entertainment are excited to announce the signing of award-winning director Steve Balderson to helm the upcoming romantic comedy feature film, “Maybe This Time” written by Richard DeFonzo, and starring Mel England (“Best Day Ever”) and Chad Michaels (“RuPaul's Drag Race“ and winner of “RuPaul's All Stars”).
The boundary-shattering Stavanger Symphony Orchestra is thrilled release the official CD recording of Mortensen Symphony Op. 5, recorded by Grammy-nominated engineer Jim Anderson in Dolby 5.1 and 9.1. Anderson was featured in this month's issue Stereophile for his use of the use of CAR-60 phono cartridge, which the magazine described as giving the audio an, 'intensely well-focused, supremely stable, three-dimensional orchestral picture.' Stavanger's Mortenson Symphony originally debuted as a digital release in December of last year, though, the release is also available on BluRay with a vinyl release set for this summer on June 8.
Last Friday, on the evening of September 15, immigrant musicians joined legendary Norwegian orchestra Stavanger Symphony Orchestra which has collaborated with Stewart Copeland, Faith No More side project Kaada/Patton, Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills, and other pop music luminaries for a free concert to an audience of both immigrants and native Norwegians, right in the foyer of the Stavanger Concert Hall. This is the newest event in a two-year-plus immigrant support project that Stavanger Symphony Orchestra has been running; Drowned in Sound recently detailed this project with an empowering, inspiring feature.
Buckethead is a virtuoso guitarist and multi instrumentalist who performs within many genres of music. He has released over 300 studio recordings, way more than anyone else in the history of music. He released 178 "pikes" in the 2014-2015 period alone. He has also performed on over 50 more albums by other artists. His music spans such diverse areas as progressive metal, funk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and avant-garde music.
The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans (CAC) is pleased to announce Nufonia Must Fall by Kid Koala will be presented at the CAC for a two-performance run on April 14-15, 2017at 7:30pm as part of the company's spring tour. These exciting performances will take place in the CAC's newly-renovated industrial warehouse space and will be an experience to be enjoyed by all ages.
The Secret Noise poetically and playfully explores the threshold of music-making as a public and private exchange - from the sacred forms of ceremonial music and legally extinguished compositions to 'backmasking' (playing an LP backwards to reveal a subliminal, satanic message), private love songs and the proliferation of personal music players.
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