Posts Tagged ‘hal willner’
Shock and Awe: The Songs of Randy Newman
L.A. residents don’t forget, next up is Shock and Awe: The Songs of Randy Newman, a tribute event at Royce Hall, UCLA Live, on January 24. It’s organised by Hal…
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From the U.press Telegram and UCLA live website: “Hal Willner will produce a Jan. 24 tribute to singer/composer Randy Newman titled “Shock and Awe.’ Newman himself will perform in concert…
Read MoreL.A. Times: Different Strokes for Lovers of Folk
from LA Times, Saturday, April 28, 2001 POP BEAT Different Strokes for Lovers of Folk (Music) More than three dozen artists perform two eclectic, inspiring marathon shows celebrating the legacy…
Read MoreHarry Smith night in New York
There will be another Hal Willner organised ‘Harry Smith Project’ on November 11 & 12 at St. Ann’s Church (157 Montague St) in Brooklyn. Gavin will play both these dates.…
Read MoreGreat ship goes down a storm
On July 2, Gavin and Maurice performed two songs at Hal Willner’s Harry Smith Project (Meltdown Festival). ‘Fatal Flower Garden’ was orginally performed by Nelstone’s Hawaiians in 1929. The second…
Read MoreHarry Smith’s Project Meltdown; Royal Festival Hall, London: Star collective pays homage to folk collector
WHO IS Harry Smith, and why would Bryan Ferry, Beth Orton, Nick Cave and others want to pay tribute to him? The films shown at the start of the evening…
Read MoreHarry Smith night in London
Maurice and Gavin are doing a one off, 3 song performance of songs from the Harry Smith archive of American folk ballads as part of the Nick Cave organised Meltdown…
Read MoreClosed on Account of Rabies
A double spoken-word CD, “Closed on account of Rabies” – featuring the work of writer Edgar Allen Poe, read by Jeff Buckley, Iggy Pop, Christopher Walken, Gabriel Byrne, Marianne Faithful,…
Read MoreHal Willner’s Poe project
Gavin has recently done some recording with Hal Willner. Willner is working on a project on the work of Edgar Alan Poe. Lou Reed, Christopher Walken, Diamanda Galas, Jeff Buckley…
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