Went to day one of Spring Reverb 04 last night at the Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown. Very cool. Am heading south of the border tonight for part two of the event.
Notable performances:
John Butcher - doing full on "Hateful Free Form Jazz" (to paraphrase The Kids in The Hall) I dig it because I'm into that sorta thing, but I suspect most people would find it a little too out there.
Carla Kihlstedt - Heard her for the first time last night. She's from San Francisco and incredibly fucking talented (not to mention beautiful).
Actually, it wasn't the first time I heard her, because I'd heard some stuff by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. I just didn't know she was in the band.
Anyway, last night she was performing as her solo act, Two Foot Yard. And she sang over her violin, sometimes with lyrics, other times with operatic sounds outside of language.
Lovely.
Notable performances:
John Butcher - doing full on "Hateful Free Form Jazz" (to paraphrase The Kids in The Hall) I dig it because I'm into that sorta thing, but I suspect most people would find it a little too out there.
Carla Kihlstedt - Heard her for the first time last night. She's from San Francisco and incredibly fucking talented (not to mention beautiful).
Actually, it wasn't the first time I heard her, because I'd heard some stuff by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. I just didn't know she was in the band.
Anyway, last night she was performing as her solo act, Two Foot Yard. And she sang over her violin, sometimes with lyrics, other times with operatic sounds outside of language.
Lovely.