Moondog on the streets
NEWS
- 21/06/2019
Creation ‘Moondog on the streets’ of New York, June 21, 22, 23 2019
New York, winter of 1949: strange sounds emanate for the first time from a porch alongside the Avenue of the Americas (51 st Street) or from 2 W 46th Street. Later on, on 425 W 57th Street, these unusual rhythms, drawn from improbable instruments, would accompany the sirens of ships moored on a misty Hudson.
BIO
New York, winter of 1949: strange sounds emanate for the first time from a porch alongside the Avenue of the Americas (51 st Street) or from 2 W 46th Street. Later on, on 425 W 57th Street, these unusual rhythms, drawn from improbable instruments, would accompany the sirens of ships moored on a misty Hudson. At other times, they would mark a pause between two conversations held at the corner of 51st Street and 6th Avenue between onlookers and the creator of these rhythms:Moondog. For nearly twenty-five years, the man who was quickly nicknamed the Viking of 6th Avenue – due to his personal connection to Manhattan and his extravagant look – accompanied the daily life of New Yorkers by playing his music in the streets on percussive instruments of his own making.
Jean-Brice Godet : clarinets, k7
Stéphane Garin : trimba, percussions
Thomas Bonvalet : six-string bass banjo, mechanical metronome, tuning forks, claves, hand and foot clapping, bells, mouth organ fragments, concertina, componiums, “stringin it”, drumhead
* Creation by Murailles Music, L’Usine Cnarep de Tournefeuille, the Studio d’en Haut and the Ville de Toulouse.
with the support of l’Institut français à Paris et la Ville de Nantes
CONTACT
Booking : amaury.muraillesmusic[at]gmail.com
Promo : promo.muraillesmusic[at]gmail.com
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Moondog on the Streets of New York
Past shows
- DateCountryCityVenuewith
- 23/06/2019FranceNew YorkSpectrumAmaury Cornutinfos
- 22/06/2019FranceNew YorkProspect Park
- 22/06/2019FranceNew YorkLe BarbèsGavin Blackinfos
- 21/06/2019FranceNew York Moondog's Cornerinfos
- 02/06/2019FranceLabègeSaison itinérante d’ARTO, Maison Salvaninfos
- 01/06/2019FranceSaint-GaudensFestival Jazz en comminges, Pronomadesinfos event
- 31/05/2019FranceToulouseBibliothèque du Périgord event
- 31/05/2019FranceToulouseBasilique Saint Sernin
- 31/05/2019FranceToulousePlace Saint Pierre event
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Moondog on the Streets of New York
NEWS
- 21/06/2019
Creation ‘Moondog on the streets’ of New York, June 21, 22, 23 2019
New York, winter of 1949: strange sounds emanate for the first time from a porch alongside the Avenue of the Americas (51 st Street) or from 2 W 46th Street. Later on, on 425 W 57th Street, these unusual rhythms, drawn from improbable instruments, would accompany the sirens of ships moored on a misty Hudson.
BIO
New York, winter of 1949: strange sounds emanate for the first time from a porch alongside the Avenue of the Americas (51 st Street) or from 2 W 46th Street. Later on, on 425 W 57th Street, these unusual rhythms, drawn from improbable instruments, would accompany the sirens of ships moored on a misty Hudson. At other times, they would mark a pause between two conversations held at the corner of 51st Street and 6th Avenue between onlookers and the creator of these rhythms:Moondog. For nearly twenty-five years, the man who was quickly nicknamed the Viking of 6th Avenue – due to his personal connection to Manhattan and his extravagant look – accompanied the daily life of New Yorkers by playing his music in the streets on percussive instruments of his own making.
Jean-Brice Godet : clarinets, k7
Stéphane Garin : trimba, percussions
Thomas Bonvalet : six-string bass banjo, mechanical metronome, tuning forks, claves, hand and foot clapping, bells, mouth organ fragments, concertina, componiums, “stringin it”, drumhead
* Creation by Murailles Music, L’Usine Cnarep de Tournefeuille, the Studio d’en Haut and the Ville de Toulouse.
with the support of l’Institut français à Paris et la Ville de Nantes
CONTACT
Booking : amaury.muraillesmusic[at]gmail.com
Promo : promo.muraillesmusic[at]gmail.com