Schedule / Past Festivals
Keller Williams, My Brightest Diamond + Redooker premiere Buster Keaton scores
Groundbreaking guitarists premiere original film scores for silent films by Buster Keaton.
My Brightest Diamond & Buster Keaton's Balloonatic (1923)
Keller Willams & Buster Keaton's One Week (1920)
Nels Cline, Vic Juris, Mary Halvorsen, Gilad Hekselman, Adam Rogers, Steve Cardenas, David Binney, Joel Harrison String Choir, Scott Colley and Chris Potter
As part of our Alternative Guitar Summit, we present a tribute to the jazz guitar legend Jim Hall. Each act will perform either Jim Hall compositions, tunes associated with him, or improvisations in his spirit.
• Gilad Hekselman (guitar) and Obed Calvaire (drums)
Knox Chandler, Ismail Lawal, Liberty Ellman, Vijay Iyer, Dave Tronzo + Jay Granelli
A series of alt-guitar music curated by the guitarist/composer/arranger/bandleader Joel Harrison.
7:30-8:15- Knox Chandler (guitar and effects) and Ismail Lawal (drums)
8:25- 9:10- Dave Tronzo (guitar) and Jay Granelli (bass)
Nels Cline, Thurston Moore, Mark Stewart, Gyan Riley, Joel Harrison, Anupam Shobhakar, Ben Monder + Pete Rende
A series of alt-guitar music curated by the guitarist/composer/arranger/bandleader Joel Harrison.
7:30- 8:10- Mark Stewart (guitar) and Gyan Riley (guitar)
8:20- 8:50- Joel Harrison and Anupam Shobhakar (sarod)
Kaki King, Lee Ranaldo, Buke & Gase and Twi The Humble Feather premiere scores to silent films by Buster Keaton
Groundbreaking guitarists premiere original film scores for silent films by Buster Keaton.
Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth & Buster Keaton's Cops (1922)
Kaki King & Buster Keaton's The Scarecrow (1920)
Dan Zanes + Gyan Riley premier scores to silent films by Buster Keaton
Silent Films/Live Guitars: Groundbreaking guitarists premiere original film scores for silent comedies by Buster Keaton.
Dan Zanes & Buster Keaton's Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Gyan Riley & Buster Keaton's The Goat (1921)
A Celebration of Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks
Music by Chicha Libre + Gyan Riley
Charlie Chaplin’s Pay Day & The Idle Class plus short animations from Harry Smith’s Early Abstractions. The Peruvian-influenced psychedelic pop of Chicha Libre mixes Colombian cumbia, dreamy surf guitar, and Andean melodies. They present their scores to Chaplin’s Pay Day (1922) and The Idle Class (1921).
Ceramic Dog is a post-everything band combining the energies of two masters of downtown New York City mayhem: guitarist/vocalist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Robert Plant, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello) and bassist Shahzad Ismaily (Laurie Anderson, Will Oldham), with West Coast indie/experimental genius drummer Ches Smith.
Paul O’Dette, Brazilian Guitar Quartet, Eliot Fisk, Paul Galbraith, David Leisner, Nigel North, Gyan Riley, Benjamin Verdery, Ana Vidovic, Jason Vieaux, and others.
Our 5th biannual Guitar Marathon at the 92nd Street Y’s Kaufman Auditorium is co-curated by Paul O’Dette and the NYGF’s David Spelman. Some of today’s finest classical guitarists and lutenists will reveal the different facets of the music of J.S. Bach and his contemporaries. The event runs from 2—10pm, with a break at 5pm.
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