For many years, Lauren Dukoff has been photographing close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well as a range of other musical influences. FAMILY is a collection of Dukoff's striking portraits and candid images of Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Bat for Lashes, Feathers, Espers, Vetiver, Bert Jansch, Vashti Bunyan, and many others individually and together, in performance and more private spaces.
“ARIANA WRITES GREAT SONGS - THEY ARE FILLED WITH FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS FROM HER LIFE - HER LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD AND LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN WHERE HER ROOTS ARE - ANCIENT AND MODERN FLOW TOGETHER HERE - THIS MIXTURE OF CULTURES AND HER MELODIES AND LYRICS CONJURE A GREAT UNIQUE FEELING IN PEOPLE - PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED AND EMOTIONALLY MOVED BY THIS MUSIC — ARIANA’S GOT SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT AND SHE DOES IT REAL WELL - IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DEBUT ALBUM SHE’S MADE.”
-David Lynch
Record Club, it is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. An album is chosen to be reinterpreted and used as a framework. Nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. Devendra Banhart and Binki Shaprio from Little Joy collaborate with Beck on Songs Of Leonard Cohen’ by Leonard Cohen.
01-16 Brisbane, Australia – The Tivoli
01-18 Sydney, Australia – Sydney Opera House
01-20 Melbourne, Australia – The Forum Theatre
01-21 Canberra, Australia – The Playhouse (Canberra Theatre Centre)
01-23 Thirroul, Australia – Anita’s Theatre
01-30 Christchurch, New Zealand – The Harbourlight
01-31 Wellington, New Zealand – The Paramount
02-02 Auckland, New Zealand – The Dorothy Winstone Centre
02-06 Osaka, Japan – Sunsui
02-07 Tokyo, Japan – Unit
03-12 Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College Chapel
03-15 Montreal, Quebec – Ukrainian Federation
03-17 Cambridge, MA – Sanders Theatre
03-19 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
03-20 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
03-22 Washington, DC – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
03-26 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
03-27 Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
04-02 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
