In the past year I’ve organized 63 shows at 26 venues in Pittsburgh, plus two in New Orleans, one in Chattanooga, and two in New York via my curatorial entity Inverted Music. I am still assisting with numerous shows but I am taking a break from booking in Pittsburgh. I will surely be curating some shows on my upcoming tour.
I have been putting ad hoc free improv groups together in various cities with rotating personnel, but I’m happy to have formalized my trio with Emily Cook (bass clarinet) and Cara Garofalo (violin) called Pariah Dog.
We are playing on September 1 at Gooski’s and will have more shows coming up soon!
www.facebook.com/pariahdogmusic
On my last 4-day tour I played Blood Rust Fest in Asheville, with stops in Huntington, WV and Cincinnati. As uncertain as I was of the viability of this mode of touring, it turned out to be the excellent idea I hoped it would be.
I am embarking on my next one soon:
Tuesday, August 2, Baltimore at The Crown
Wednesday, August 3, Brooklyn at The Glove
with Bernard Herman, Palberta, Sunk Heaven, Dean Cercone
Valerie Kuehne:
www.dreamzoo.bandcamp.com
-Friday, 4/15 Athens, OH at Smiling Skull https://www.facebook.com/events/695640470577849/
-Saturday, 4/16 Dayton, OH 2PM- 5PM noise brunch with Bob Marsh and Jack Wright
https://www.facebook.com/events/1761951524041981/
-Saturday, 4/16 Cincinnati, OH at Northside Yacht Club 7 PM sharp https://www.facebook.com/events/661204374021745/
-Sunday, 4/17 Detroit at Hybrid Moments https://www.facebook.com/events/215072432188305/
This is a video of my last performance in Europe. This is also the last time I performed any of my formative “Inalienable Dreamless” work, which was my strongest until recently. The feet are a little weak in this recording because there were noise/ neighbor restrictions.
And here is an acoustic performance of a new song from my recent Southern tour, with an impromptu dance performance by Arias Luciana:
