Upcoming events
- Thu, August 13, 2009
- 10:00 pm
- THE LOOM-- JEZEBEL FEATURE SHOW
- Public Assembly
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70 North 6th St. Brooklyn NY USA
(MAP)
- Details and lineup TBA.
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- Age Limit:
21+
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Previous events
- Sun, June 21, 2009
- 4:00 pm
- MAKE MUSIC NY/ MASS APPEAL-- FRENCH HORN NATION
- Merchant's Gate Central Park
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59th St. and Broadway New York NY USA
(MAP)
- Mark Taylor will be hosting French Horn Nation, a massed group of horn players (jazz and otherwise) who will be doing a lot of directed, free and collective improvisation as well as reading some charts at Merchant's Gate (Columbus Circle) from 4-7pm. David Amram is hosting the after party/jam session in Central Park from 8 on.
Mass Appeal" is Make Music New York's new initiative this year, part of New York City's largest free musical festival in history. Bringing together hundreds of musicians, these 22 ensembles of single types of instruments perform throughout the City on the summer solstice - this Sunday, June 21st - creating visual and aural spectacles of massed music-making. Each group performs pieces arranged for multiple instruments, such as 45 accordion players in Park Slope, 200 guitar players in Union Square, 60 cellos in the East Meadow of Central Park, 6 veenas in Flushing, and 25 circuit benders at Astor Place.
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- Tickets: Buy tickets
- Sat, June 20, 2009
- 8:00 pm
- THE LOOM AT UNION HALL
- Union Hall
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702 Union St. Brooklyn NY USA
(MAP)
- The Loom will be back at Union Hall with Cotton Jones and The Wild Moccasins. The Wild Moccasins play first, and we play last, around 10pm-- doors at 8pm, $10. This is a stellar lineup, so don't miss this show!
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- Age Limit:
21+
- Sat, June 13, 2009
- 8:00 pm
- THE LOOM AT MONKEY TOWN
- MonkeyTown
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58 N 3rd St. Brooklyn NY USA
(MAP)
- Details TBA
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- Sat, May 30, 2009
- 8:00 pm
- PULSE AT HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
- Hudson Opera House
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327 Warren St. Hudson NY USA
(MAP)
- The last concert of Pulse's Songs From the Hudson River project will, fittingly, be taking place in Hudson, NY at the Hudson Opera House. See http://pulsecomposers.typepad.com for more info.
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- Fri, May 29, 2009
- 9:00 pm
- THE LOOM AT SYCAMORE
- Sycamore
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1118 Cortelyou Road Brooklyn NY USA
(MAP)
- Playing at a new venue in Ditmas Park (very near Vox Pop) called Sycamore. According to New York Magazine, it's a florist and bourbon-bar hybrid. Sounds perfect for Spring!
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- Sat, May 23, 2009
- 8:00 pm
- HAITI BENEFIT AT BAD ABBOTTS
- Bad Abbotts
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1546 Hancock St. Quincy MA USA
(MAP)
- The Loom will be playing a benefit in Boston. Details TBA.
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- Fri, May 22, 2009
- 6:00 pm
- THE LOOM AT THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM
- American Folk Art Museum
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45 W 53rd St. New York NY 10019
(MAP)
- Playing a free, full-hour set at the Folk Art Museum.
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- Fri, May 8, 2009
- 8:00 pm
- KEVIN BLANCQ BIG BAND AT SYMPHONY SPACE
- Symphony Space
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2537 Broadway New York NY USA
(MAP)
- Concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Claude Thornhill. Listen to classic Thornhill/Gil Evans charts in a full big band setting (with two horns!) at the Nimoy Theater.
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- Sat, May 2, 2009
- 9:00 pm
- THE LOOM AT THE FIRE
- The Fire
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412 W Girard Ave. Philadelphia PA USA
(MAP)
- The Loom plays The Fire in Philly. Show at 9.
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Cotton Jones (photo courtesy of www.billions.com)
I'm going to attempt to keep these news updates more up-to-date, and in that vein, I'm going to start posting an item once a month about a particular gig I'd like to showcase. I could say that all my gigs are great (and of course they are!), but there are definitely special ones I don't want people to miss, so I'm going to feature those here, roughly like I did with the info about Pulse, below.
So, here is the info-- The Loom will be back at our favorite haunt, Union Hall (not Pool; in Park Slope, not Williamsburg) this Saturday for a great show with Cotton Jones, from Maryland, and The Wild Moccasins, from Houston. With recent writeups at NPR, Rolling Stone, and Daytrotter, it looks like Cotton Jones are making the right moves, and their music can certainly stand up to all the scrutiny.
Sydney Price (photo by Kelly Brown)
In other news, we're very excited about our newest bandmate, Sydney Price. Sydney recently took over the female vocalist spot in the band and has added her rich timbre and beautiful harmonies to our blend. She's a talented songwriter as well-- check out her song "Prisms" at her myspace page.
Hope you'll join us--
Lis
This Friday, February 13, I get to play in one of my favorite projects, Pulse. Pulse is a composers federation of six very diverse and talented New York composers. Each of them performs and writes on his or her own, and many run big bands, but Pulse is their chamber music (for lack of a better term) project, employing classical, jazz, world and other musics to great combined effect. Each Pulse project centers around a theme or jumping off point; this season's is the quadricentennial of the discovery of the Hudson River, and the composers have collaborated with singer-songwriter Joy Askew to write pieces inspired by the great river and its environs.
The Pulse ensemble will feature outstanding musicians Joy Askew (voice and guitar), Dan Willis (woodwinds), Julianne Carney (violin), Will Martina (cello), Dan Loomis (bass), and Diana Herold (percussion), and me (horn). If you're interested in hearing what really talented musicians and composers can produce when inspired by technique and compositional choices, but not bound by them, this would be a great concert to check out. Contemporary chamber music can really be fresh and accessible while still maintaining its complexity.
For more info on Pulse and its composers, please visit their blog: http://pulsecomposers.typepad.com.
Image from Tiny Mix Tapes
I thought about titling this "They really like us!" a la Sally Fields, but I think what I picked is more apt. At any rate, The Loom is starting to get written up a lot more, and there have been some very complimentary reviews lately, both of our EP, At Last Light, and of our live shows. Additionally, we've had EP tracks, especially "Song for the Winter Sun", featured a number of places, including RCRDLBL and MTV 2 Subterranean Radio. Here's a selection of recent clips, if you'd like to check any out:
David Bevan, RCRDLBL:
"...Working heavily in gothic watercolors, the Loom kick out glow-in-the-dark folk wailers that flirt with the anthemic, but never abandon the quiet spaces they were born in..." more...
Heidi Vanderslice, Tiny Mix Tapes:
"...It’s pretty impossible to fake the French horn, and Lis Rubard set an example for all you punks out there who think it looks easy, at times leading the entire crew with its gentle tenor. The sheer volume of instruments employed by The Loom is hard to describe without listing every single one, so just peep this video and trust me. These guys don’t fuck around..."
more..
John Niederkorn, Pensatos.com:
"...The group could almost pass for a more upbeat, electric-folksy version of The Evens and At Last Light is frighteningly brilliant in the way of progressive music. Look for The Loom to have a long lasting impact on the music world.[...]The Loom is a ‘tell-your-friends-about-this-band’ band. At Last Light is a well-configured compilation of simple but honestly invigorating hymns mixed with an intoxicating male/female duo that brings a full-flavored harmony to each track leaving each new listener begging for a full-length LP." more...
Here it is:
"Friday night at Cake Shop saw the next step in the evolution of the excellent band The Loom — the first time we have seen them play before a packed house. When a band with tremendous musical chops, harmonies and songwriting ability begins to accumulate critical praise, as The Loom have throughout 2008, it is only a matter time before the word spreads and the crowds grow. The band responded with quite a bit of friendly banter with the crowd and a prototypical strong set. We continue to be impressed with the work of guitarist-multi-instrumentalist Mark Rogers and his seamless transition into the band. The set also saw the inclusion of several new numbers and one apparent debut performance, which should mean that the anticipated follow-up to the At Last Light EP can not be far away..."
Read the whole thing, and you can also download Dan's recording of our whole show.
In the meantime, check out the podcast of "For All My Friends in Spring" from this show. (Thanks, Dan!)
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