"The twin brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner are well-known in indie-rock circles, they're both guitarists and songwriters...tastemakers...expanding their reach beyond the rock world..."
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WNYC, Soundcheck
"It might be better to forgo any genre distinctions and head straight for the thesaurus so you can find fresh and exciting ways to say 'sublime'."
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Pitchforkmedia.com (on the music of Clogs)
“Ms. Worden lets the personal reverberate across the cosmos…There are delicacy, passion and spiraling intensity in her openhearted songs.”
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New York Times
Brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner of international indie rock acclaim The National have a penchant for bringing together disparate musicians, musical styles, and artistic genres. This February they present two uniquely programmed evenings of music featuring work from various side- and not-so-side-projects.
The first night will feature Clogs and songs from their new album (with special guests Aaron Dessner and Shara Worden); their powerful and nuanced chamber compositions leaving “no question that the classical and indie realms can share a border where music turns pensive, knotty, and otherworldly" (New York Times). Night two brings fresh works from both Bryce and Aaron with special performances by frequent collaborator Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and Rachael Elliott, Thomas Kozumplik, and Padma Newsome of Clogs. Additional artist and program details to be announced.
Auxiliary events at Weisman Art Museum
Sat. February 20, 5:30-6:30pm
A discussion with Bryce & Aaron Dessner of The National/Clogs, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Weisman Art Museum curator Diane Mullin, and 89.3 The Current’s Steve Seel
Free. Advance RSVP to
rsvp@southerntheater.org or 612.340.0155 ext.310.
This discussion with members of The National and Clogs, along with My Brightest Diamond’s Shara Worden, explores parallels between the musicians' work and the Weisman exhibition
Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian. The problem of "the everyday" is central to much of the most enduring and challenging twentieth century art, design, and craft. The exhibition features works from the Weisman collection that reveal how this period engaged, celebrated, and investigated ideas of the everyday and the common. In a conversation with the musicians about their philosophies, practices, and resulting music, the discussion will examine connections between the rarified and the everyday and between high and low culture in both music and art.
Andy Warhol
New England Clam Chowder
1968-69
screenprint on paper |
Joseph Beuys
Noiseless Blackboard Eraser
1974
felt, ink on paper |
Saturday Feb. 20, following the performance
Meet the artists at a casual post-show reception at the Weisman Art Museum. View the exhibition
Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian and enjoy
complimentary refreshments.
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