Twenty-six years after debuting her epic modern opera United States: Part I-IV, Laurie Anderson returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night to launch the venue's Next Stage Campaign. The legendary avant-garde performance artist curated the evening with performances... CONTINUE READING LAURIE ANDERSON & FRIENDS (DIRTY PROJECTORS, BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT) @ BAM 1/21/09»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Arturo O'Farrill | Brightblack Morning Light | Dirty Projectors | James Hall Worship And Praise | Laurie Anderson | Nona Hendryx | Poor Baby Bree | Sarah Michelson | Ted Leo
On their third album, Motion To Rejoin, back-to-nature somnambulists Brightblack Morning Light have honed their already tight, dark, soulful atmospherics. Somehow even more subtly layered than 2006's self-titled astral-projecting slumber party, it feels like the songs were birthed whole, not... CONTINUE READING NEW BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT - "OPPRESSIONS EACH"»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in (18 comments)
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Those soulful back-to-nature dreamcatchers N.D. Shineywater and Rachael Hughes, aka Brightblack Morning Light, are releasing Motion to Rejoin, their second album for Matador, third album overall, this fall. The collection -- which follows 2006's self-titled astral-projecting slumber party -- was... CONTINUE READING NEW BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT - "HOLOGRAM BUFFALO"»
Posted on June 25, 2008 in , (6 comments)
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