Woody Sullender
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Aug 14 @ Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn
participating in "Parts and Labor" show, presenting lathe-cut 7" records

Aug 21 @ I-Beam, Brooklyn
part of "the name of the next song" series
solo; with Opsvik & Jennings


Previous performances

2010

Feb 19 @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia
presented by Bowerbird
solo; with THUS (Neil Feather / John Berndt), Little Ocean, Drums Like Machine Guns, Tristan Dahn

March 8 @ VPRO radio, Amsterdam
live session/interview on DWARS show
w/ Seamus Cater

March 8 @ DNK, Amsterdam
duo w/ Seamus Cater; record release event!

March 9 @ Free103point9 radio, NY
solo on Radio Triangulation show [postponed]

March 10 @ Extrapool, Nijmegen, NL
duo w/ Seamus Cater

March 11 @ Les Instants Chavirés, Paris
duo w/ Seamus Cater
with John Hegre solo; Axel Dörner/Christine Sehnaoui/Jean-Philippe Gross trio

March 13 @ Staalplaat, Berlin
duo w/ Seamus Cater
with Robin Watkins "The Luminiferous Aether" audio screening

March 15 @ Free103point9 radio, NY
solo on Radio Triangulation show [rescheduled]

April 9 @ Outpost 186, Boston
duo w/ Katt Hernandez

May 22 @ Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
solo
with Nat Baldwin (from Dirty Projectors) and peace, loving

2009

Jan 21 @ CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Performance of "Everbody Loves the Sunshine" film/lecture by Thomas Torres Cordova

Jan 22 @ Roulette, NYC
As part of Shinkoyo Circus

Mar. 28 @ WNUR, Chicago, IL
live radio set on "Airplay" program

Mar. 29 @ WLUW, Chicago, IL
live radio set on "Something Else" program

Apr. 12 @ Firehouse13, Providence, RI
w/ {[K + M], F}, Murder Ballads by Kirsten Volness and Jacob Richman

Apr. 14 @ Brown University, Providence, RI
visiting artist, lecture/performance in Grant Recital Hall

Apr. 15 @ Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Dartmouth Department of Music Vaughn Recital Series

Apr. 15 @ Twisted Village, Boston
Note: Show moved from Outpost 186!

Apr. 17 @ CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Reprise performance of "Everbody Loves the Sunshine" film/lecture by Thomas Torres Cordova

Apr. 21 @ Radio Ruido's Triangulation show, Free103point9 online
solos and duos with Matt Mottel

May 9 @ Horse Trader Gallery, Brooklyn
Solo performance in conjunction with "Greynbow" exhibition

May 19 @ LOT Gallery, Lexington, KY
solo (7PM!!!)

May 21 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago
early show (7P doors) w/ TV Pow Ensemble

May 23 @ Enemy, Chicago
early show (7:30P doors) w/ Joe Mills/Adam Sonderberg duo; and Relaxation Record

May 28 @ BoBo Gallery, Asheville, NC
w/ Perlowin/Burkett, Apathy Like You Mean It, and Speedsquare

May 30 @ Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
w/ Actual Persons (Living or Dead) & Schooner

June 20 @ I-Beam, Brooklyn, NY
part of the Telluric Currents series
solo w/ Peter Evans (solo trumpet) and Sam Amidon/Aaron Siegel duo (fiddle & drum improv)

July 6 @ Death By Audio, Brooklyn, NY
some group w/ Talibam!

July 23 @ Zebulon, Brooklyn, NY
solo w/ Talibam!

Oct 22 @ Monkeytown, Brooklyn
Playing with Phantom Limb & Bison; also Phantom Limb w/ Nate Wooley; Aaron Moore (Volcano the Bear)

Nov 9 @ Zebulon, Brooklyn
trio with Ben Vida and Jason Ajemian; with Seamus Cater & Viljam Nybacka and Alien Whale (members of USAisamonster, Necking, Talibam)

2008

March @ STEIM, Amsterdam
project residency

Mar. 17 @ DNK, Amsterdam
duo w/ Seamus Cater

Apr. 28 @ Knitting Factory, NYC
duo w/ Katt Hernandez
CANCELLED - Knitting Factory has cancelled this improvised music series. May 8 @ Velvet Lounge, Washington D.C.
solo; w/ Kuschty Rye Ergot, Portable Noise Kremator (experimental noise from Belgian), All Violet

Jun. - Aug. @ Künstlerhaus Worpswede, Germany
Artist-in-Residence

Jul. 28 @ Labor Sonor (@ KuLe, Auguststr. 10), Berlin
Woody Sullender & Seamus Cater (harmonica) duo
w/ Ryu Hankil (clockworks? from Seoul) and Nicholas Bussmann (Berlin)

Aug. 5 @ Barkenhoff-Garten, Worpswede, Germany
as part of the GartenKultur-MusikFestival
solo

Aug. 17 @ Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
Woody Sullender & Seamus Cater (harmonica) duo
w/ Jeroen Kimman and Mark Morse

Aug. 22 @ Atelierhof Kreuzberg (Schleiermacherstr. 31-37), Berlin
Woody Sullender & Seamus Cater (harmonica) duo
w/ screening of "Holy Ghost People" (1967 documentary film) & Heatsick (harmonica, electronics)

Aug. 23 @ Alberto Ukebana (Urbanstr.116), Berlin
Woody Sullender & Seamus Cater (harmonica) duo
w/ Lorna Lawrie (solo butoh dance from Paris)

Aug. 28 @ Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
Woody Sullender & Katt Hernandez (violin) duo
w/ Jozef van Wissem

2007


Feb. 6 @ Tonic , NYC
solo
w/ Talibam, Peter Evans Quartet

Feb. 18 @ Tonic , NYC
in Jason Ajemian's Who Cares How Long You Sink

Apr 30 @ Monkey House, Winooski, VT
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Oak, Mr. Shopping, & A Snake in the Garden

May 1 @ PA's Lounge, Somerville, MA
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Baba Yaga

May 2 @ Strange Maine, Portland, ME
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Ospreys

May 5 @ Dartmouth New Music Festival
solo
w/ Larry Polansky/Dui Dong; Nate Wooley/Vic Rawlings/Tim Feeney/Newton Armstrong

May 12 @ Ontological Hysteric Theater, NYC
part of Free103's Noise! 2007
solo
w/ The Holy Experiment, George Steeltoe Ensemble

May 25 @ The Icehouse, Lexington, KY
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Jordan Munson
[missed this one because of the soulless evil bastards at Continental Airlines]

May 26 @ Pilot Light, Knoxville, TN
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo

May 27 @ House show, Nashville, TN
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Kelli Shay Hicks

May 29 @ Century/Patchwerk Playhaus, Charlotte, NC
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Tenspeed (Ben Kennedy:cello/violin; Brent Bagwell:tenor sax)

May 30 @ Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Brian Fielden, Keith Leslie, and Jamie Shepard drum trio

June 1 @ Nightlight, Chapel Hill, NC
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Mahasamatman (Shannon Morrow, Chuck Johnson, & Chris Eubank); Amy Wilkinson & Dave Cantwell duo

June 2 @ Pageant:Soloveev, Philladelphia, PA
Bowerbird presents
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo;
w/ Alban Bailly solo; Mother

June 3 @ House show (405 W. Franklin St., 5th Floor), Baltimore, MD
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Kate Porter (cello) & Russell Kotcher (violin);
Audrey Chen (cello) & John Berndt (sax)

June 8 @ Skull Lab, Cincinnati, OH
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ MV & EE (w/ C. Spencer Yeh)

June 9 @ Enemy, Chicago, IL
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ xmlvnx (Jason Soliday, Dylan Posa, and Geoff Guy); Locrian Nov. 2 @ Japan Society, NYC
as part of Ei Arakawa and Amy Sillman's PERFORMA07-BYOF

Nov. 3 @ Red Room, Baltimore
Woody Sullender & Katt Hernandez duo

Nov. 9 @ Marquise Dance Hall (291 Grand St.), Brooklyn
solo w/ with Paul Metzger, Che Chen (True Primes), Tim Kaiser

Nov. 27 @ Zebulon, Brooklyn
solo w/ Ed Bear and Lea Bertucci duo, G. Lucas Crane, Naum

Nov. 28 @ Powel House (244 South Third Street), Philadelphia
Woody Sullender & Katt Hernandez duo w/
Killick / Mary Halvorson / Matt Weston / Matt Bauder quartet
& Breakfast? (Bryan Rogers, Amnon Freidlin, Pete Angevine)


2006


Jan. 27 @ Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
solo
w/ Talibam!; Mike Pride/Chris Forsyth duo

Feb. 14 @ Free Form Mash Up at TERRACE, Princeton, NJ
solo
w/ Bonnie Jones & Andy Hayleck

Mar 26 @ PA's Lounge, Somerville, MA
The Critique of Pure Reason presents...
solo
w/ Jackie-O Motherfucker, Ric Bishop

Jun. 15 @ Free103point9, Brooklyn
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
also Tetuzi Akiyama + Jaime Fennelly + Chris Forsyth + Shawn Edward Hansen, & Naval Cassidy + The Hands of Orlak

July. 22 @ Brooklyn Fireproof , Brooklyn
in conjunction with the exhibition FOLK: photographs, artifacts, film and music recordings from the Alan Lomax Archive
solo
w/ Jack Rose

Sept. 16 @ Issue Project Room, Brooklyn
in group with game piece for string instruments w/ Miya Masaoka, Hans Tammen, Alex Waterman, Jack Martin, Cornelius Dufallo, Dan Joseph, Marco Cappelli, Tomas Ulrich, Stephanie Griffin, Bradford Reed, Kato Hideki, Andy Salcius, Jane Scarpantoni, Dylan Willemsa, Marc Stewart, Julian Bennet Holmes, Lucian Buscemi performing Suzanne Fiol's game piece for string instruments

Nov. 5 @ The Stone, NYC
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo

Nov. 11 @ Heaven Gallery , Chicago
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo

Dec. 5 @ Free103, Brooklyn
solo
w/ Jozef van Wissem, Ian Epps

Dec. 20 @ House of Hearts benefit show at Europa, Brooklyn
solo
w/ Corridors, Mouthus, Mountains, Stars Like Fleas, etc.

2005


Feb 8 @ Hotti Biscotti, Chicago
quartet w/ Eric Leonardson, Ernst Karel, & Jason Soliday

Feb 21 @ Myopic Books, Chicago
trio w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm & Brian Dibblee

Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
East Coast Tour
Sat. Feb 26 - Lexington, KY @ Mecca opening for and performing with Pauline Oliveros
Sun. Feb 27 - Louisville, KY @ Old Louisville Coffeeshop w/ Keenan Lawler
Mon. Feb 28 – Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light w/ Mountains of Moss
Tues. Mar 1 – Nashville, TN @ The 5 Spot w/ The Bluff Duo and The Cherry Blossoms
Wed. Mar 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum w/ Brian Parks
Thurs. Mar 3- Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlight w/ Cantwell Gomez & Jordan, Spacelab
Fri. Mar 4 – Washington, DC @ 611 Florida Ave. NW w/ Otono Brujo
Sat. Mar 5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Free103point9 w/ v.v. + a.d.
sharks with wings, aranami (michelle + kenta nagai)
Sun. Mar 6 – Baltimore, MD @ True Vine w/ Peter B. & Jenny Shepard
Thurs. Mar 10 – NYC, NY @ Issue Project Room w/ Takehiro Nishide & Gonzo Murakami, MPLD

Mar. 24 @ 3030, Chicago
trio w/ Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello) & Shawn Decker (fiddle)

Apr. 8 @ The Ice Factory, Chicago
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Tim Daisy's Festival Quartet

Apr 9 @ Hideout, Chicago
performing banjo in Kent Lambert's pop band Roommate

Apr 29 @ NOVA Art Exhibition, Chicago
duo with Shawn Decker (fiddle/laptop)

May 11 @ Empty Bottle, Chicago
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Phantom Limb & Bison

May 22 @ AC Improvised Music Series (house show), Chicago
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
w/ Todd Carter

June 25 @ Red Room, Baltimore
solo
w/ Vic Rawlings and Tim Feeney (Boston)

June 26 @ Knitting Factory Tap Bar, NYC
quartet w/ Chris Forsyth, Shawn Hansen, and Fritz Welch
w/ Tim Feeney and Vic Rawlings;
Nate Wooley quartet w/ Matt Bauder, Alex Waterman, and Newton Armstrong

July 4 @ TUNE (OUT)))SIDE event, Free103point9 Wave Farm, Greene County, NY
duo w/ Jaime Fennelly (electronics/harmonium)
w/ Carlos Giffoni, Peggy Ahwesh + Barbara Ess, Todd Merrell, Kabir Carter, 100% Storms Ensemble, Anna Friz, Emmanuel Madan, Valerie Allen + Mouthus, Lycaon Pictus, Bunnybrains, and many others

July 13 @ Bard College
Uncle Woody Sullender & Kevin Davis duo
1 aug 2010
I've been selected as an artist-in-residence at the fantastic Harvestworks in NYC, for 2010-2011. We'll be working on creating a piece for my expanded banjo, incorporating surround sound.

Also, I'll be releasing a new 7" lathe-cut record later in the month, initially offered as part of the "Parts and Labor" show at the newly-opening Soloway gallery in Brooklyn.

24 may 2010
The Issue Project Room has uploaded my entire concert from last Saturday as mp3s to the Free Music Archive, and they wrote up a really nice thing about my "twenty-first century banjo". Thanks Andrew!

18 may 2010
I'm playing a solo set this Saturday at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, opening up for Nat Baldwin of Dirty Projectors. Haven't played in NYC for a bit so should be fun.

16 mar 2010
Thanks to everyone who helped out with recent shows in Europe! A video of the show from Staalplaat in Berlin has been uploaded by the folks who run the event (I had some tech issues, so fwd through the first 2 minutes or so).

The new LP is starting to get reviews and airplay around... Also a couple shows in Boston and Brooklyn have been added to the calendar.

2 mar 2010
Tons of happenings next week. Official LP release shows in Netherlands, Paris, and Berlin. Rocking it on both sides of the Atlantic like Phil Collins with a streaming radio gig back in NYC in the middle of it all. Also, will be on Amsterdam radio (streaming as well) next Monday so can catch me on the Internet.


archived news items
Aug 14 @ Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn
participating in "Parts and Labor" show, presenting lathe-cut 7" records

Aug 21 @ I-Beam, Brooklyn
part of "the name of the next song" series
solo; with Opsvik & Jennings


archived calendar