OBT Choreographs Laura Gibson with ‘Uprising!’
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOHsVe5YDGA
Watch all of the choreographed Laura Gibson songs at YouTube
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOHsVe5YDGA
Watch all of the choreographed Laura Gibson songs at YouTube
Run On Sentence will be introducing folk to their new album You The Darkness and Me all month across the land. Bear witness to Hamman’s unique vocal strength and storytelling in person. It’s transforming.
Shelley will be serenading Oz throughout their wintry August with beloved Aussie popster Darrin Hanlon.
Jason Leonard (Loch Lomond multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire) is profiled here in the intothewoods.tv series Don’t Quit Your Day Job. Leonard is the proprietor of Affiche Studio, specializinging in archival poster mounting and restoration.
Fresh from YouTube, we have a fan video using archival footage as a black and white video collage to accompany the inherently cinematic music from Nils Frahm & Anne Müller:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nabgy2bCuz0
Frahm, who burst on to the neoclassical scene as a the solo piano virtuoso to watch in 2009, employs only faint and fleeting use of piano in this arrangement, as on the entire album. Instead, balancing accessible and avant-garde, he conjures percussive, continually mutating sounds punctuated with string flourishes and motifs, succeeding where so many have failed in the nascent evolution of electro-acoustic music: grafting electronics to classical acoustic perfomance in a way that doesn’t feel forced or tacked on. It’s musical, integral, breathing, and the images remind us there’s a sense of storytelling and interplay at work in the composition.
You, the Darkness, and Me won’t be officially released until August 10, but early copies will be available at the album launch at The Woods on Saturday, July 17, or you can reserve one now and get an instant download at the HUSHshop.
Local Cut says:
There’s a lot to like about local songwriter Dustin Hamman: he plays under the clever moniker of Run On Sentence (yes, we journalists are biased towards fellow word nerds); he peddles an earthy, catchy fusion of folk, blues, jazz and roots; and in the indie-music sea of bad bum-fluff beards and ironic moustaches, he stands tall with a proud with a truly spectacular crop of bushy facial hair.
Hamman has recorded a new album coming out in August called You, the Darkness, and Me—the follow-up to his promising 2008 debut, Oh When The Wind Comes Down, which featured a charming mix of rambling folk, Latin rhythms and swinging jazz.
Listen Local with Loch Lomond from Mayor Sam Adams on Vimeo.
Portland, Ore – Mayor Sam Adams today announced the launch of “Listen Local,” a pilot program that replaces the City’s previous on-hold music with music by Portland musicians. The program seeks to highlight the vibrant, diverse and creative character of Portland to callers near and far and shine a spotlight on local musicians.
“From our entrepreneurs to our artists, what starts in Portland tends to be watched – and bought – around the world,” said Mayor Adams. “Portland’s economic prosperity is being built on our innovation and our creativity. Listen Local showcases both.”
Also included on the track list are HUSH roster artists Nick Jaina and Podington Bear