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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.

22 feb 2010
New site launched in conunction with the new LP with Seamus Cater!

16 feb 2010
Just filled in for Liz B. over at WFMU. I felt a bit rusty, but check out the show here.

1 feb 2010
Just got the new harmonica/banjo duo LP back, should be coming out later this month! Should be a number of shows in March (check calendar for updates on EU shows), as well as I'm playing Feb. 19th in Philadelphia on a bill with Neil Feather/Jon Berendt.

2 jan 2010
Thanks to Ed Pinsent for another wonderful review in Sound Projector, with crazy phrases such as "These golden notes just pour out of him, the tempo varying as needed, reflecting excitement and interest in a tributary of the ever-rolling river of story-telling".

There's a lot coming up this year including shows in Europe and the Seamus Cater/Woody Sullender LP is finally scheduled for release!

2 nov 2009
Thanks to Brothers Peeesseye for inviting me to sit in with them and Nate Wooley last week. I snuck in a clip from "Sound Characters" in honor of our friend Maryanne Amacher. Fun show next Monday at Zebulon, playing in trio with bassist Jason Ajemian and Ben Vida.

14 july 2009
More online happenings including a recent live set on No Love for Ned, a nice little review out in Terrascope, and I put a ton of dead ceo mp3s up on the awesome Free Music Archive. Also, I'm opening for Talibam's record release show at Zebulon in Brooklyn next week, July 23rd.

15 june 2009
Nice reviews of "Live at Barkenhoff" coming out in Signal to Noise (thanks Bill Meyer!) and Bagatellen (thanks Massimo Ricci!).

5 june 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out, helped out, etc. on recent jaunt out to Chicago. Also, check out this nice review from Tiny Mix Tapes.... and several Brooklyn summer shows lined up at I-Beam, Death by Audio, and Zebulon.

16 may 2009
Upcoming performances in Chicago, Lexington KY, Asheville NC, and Chapel Hill this month. Particularly looking for the a solo gig at the Empty Bottle May 21 with a large ensemble of improvisers put together by TV Pow.

7 may 2009
Belated thanks to Italian publication Blow Up Magazine, naming me a "banjo hero" in its January 2009 feature on banjo players, including me with Dan Higgs, Paul Metzger, Jean-Paul Pickens, and other interesting banjo folks.

11 april 2009
Check the calendar for a few shows and a lecture in the Northeast this week. Note: Wednesday's show in Boston has been moved to Twisted Village.

1 april 2009
Just played two radio concerts in Chicago last weekend. Thanks to Mike at WNUR and Philip at WLUW. The WNUR set is archived online.

17 february 2009
My new cd "Live at Barkenhoff" is just in from Germany. It is a live recording of a concert in Worpswede, Germany from last summer. It is being issued by the folks at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede and will be available in March.

Also, just finishing packaging for a harmonica/banjo duo LP with Seamus Cater (Amsterdam), and waiting on production of a low-run series of lathe-cuts of electronic compositons based solely on running band pass filters on Nirvana songs. More in the works!

20 january 2009
Two performances coming up, one tomorrow (Wednesday) night at CUNY Graduate Center, doing live music for Thomas Torres Cordova's "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" film performance. Then Thursday (Jan. 22nd) at Roulette as part of Shinkoyo Circus.

9 january 2009
I recently worked with Seamus Cater on music for "Escaping Grey", choreographed by Giulia Mureddu. There's nice documentation on YouTube.

1 december 2008
Things are busy wrapping up two projects. Just finished mastering and packaging for a new cd "Live at Barkenhoff" from a concert in Germany last summer to be put out by the good people at the Künstlerhäuser Worpswede. Also finishing up a duo LP "When We Get to Meeting" with Amsterdam based harmonica player Seamus Cater to be released in 2009.

28 november 2008
Malaysian artist Goh Lee Kwang just released an interesting 3" cd with a "performance" by me. My contribution was basically spinning some coins for a few seconds but add that one to the CV!

1 september 2008
In 2004, I collborated with Maryanne Amacher on "Teo!" an installation in Mexico City. After some delay, a stereo mix of this project has just come out on cd on the Tzadik label.

19 august 2008
Two shows this weekend in Berlin with my duo with Seamus Cater. Friday night at Atelierhof Kreuzberg with a screening of "Holy Ghost People", and Saturday night at Alberto Ukebana.

13 august 2008
Playing on Sunday Aug. 17th at Smart Project Space in Amsterdam with my duo with Seamus Cater.

25 july 2008
Impromptu concert tomorrow night (Friday) at the Barkenhof in Worpswede, Germany with Seamus Cater. We'll be playing Monday July 28th at Labor Sonor in Berlin.

25 june 2008
Amsterdam based harmonica/laptop player Seamus Cater just added a page with MP3s of our banjo/harmonica duo. We'll be playing a few shows in Europe this summer. Two Berlin dates have been added to the calendar page.

1 june 2008
Someone uploaded a video to Youtube of a recent performance in DC. Check it out here.

7 may 2008
I sat in on Radio Ruido's Triangulation program on Free103 last night, doing a DJ set of primarily thrift shop records of "folk" and "world" music. You can check out the show here and the playlist here.

29 april 2008
I will be playing solo in DC next Thursday. Should be my last US gig until moving to Germany for the summer. Info below:

May 8 @ Velvet Lounge, Washington D.C.
solo; w/ Kuschty Rye Ergot, Portable Noise Kremator (experimental noise from Belgian), All Violet

15 april 2008
My April 28th show at the Knitting Factory with Katt Hernandez has been cancelled. The Knitting Factory cancelled this series of improvised music. Now, we can pretty much just stay in Brooklyn.

14 march 2008
I am currently in residence at STEIM in Amsterdam, working on enhancing my banjo/Supercollider interface. I wil also be playing one duo gig while in town:

Monday Mar. 17 @ DNK, Amsterdam
duo with Seamus Cater (harmonica)
also collectief reFLEXible

15 february 2008
We're celebrating our 50 year anniversary over at WFMU. Please consider donating during our annual marathon starting next week. As incentive to donate, I have compiled a cd of unreleased tracks by contemporary guitarists, lutists, banjo players, etc., including Tetuzi Akiyama, Susan Alcorn, Eric Carbonara, Ernesto Diaz-Enfante, Paul Elwood, Chris Forsyth, Chuck Johnson, Alan Licht with Greg Malcolm, Paul Metzger, Josef von Wissem, and a few surprises as well. Only available by pledging to WFMU.

17 december 2007
For anyone keeping score, my list of favorite music releases of 2007 just went up on the WFMU blog. Happy merry holiday time.

28 november 2007
Just taped an interview with Ian Nagoski to air on my WFMU program this Monday, Dec. 3 at noon. Ian just released a collection of 78 recordings from 1918-1955 from around the world called "Black Mirror" on the Dust-to-Digital label.

Tune in to hear some interesting records and the history behind them.

24 november 2007
Two shows coming up:

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

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

7 november 2007
A night of banjos on Friday:

Fri., Nov. 9th @ Marquise Dance Hall,
291 Grand St., Brooklyn
Paul Metzger, Uncle Woody Sullender, & Che Chen

30 october 2007
Two performances this weekend:

Fri., Nov. 2 as part of Ei Arakawa's PERFORMA07-BYOF at Japan Society, NYC

Sat., Nov. 3 duo with Katt Hernandez at the Red Room in Baltimore

25 october 2007
New website!
Just finished mixing a new record of "songs" so am now adding dates to the performance calendar. Coming up: duos with violinist Katt Hernandez and a shared bill with avant-banjo compatriate Paul Metzger.