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Sufjan Stevens to Perform Beyond This Place Soundtrack Live at BAM Screening

On Sunday October 30, Sufjan Stevens and Castanets' Raymond Raposa will perform the the soundtrack to Kaleo La Belle's Beyond This Place live at a screening of the film at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the organization's 150th anniversary celebrations.   read more

The National Work With D.A. Pennebaker on Brooklyn Charity Concert

In support of its upcoming High Violet, out May 11, The National has an extensive tour of the U.S. and Europe on the docket for the summer. Even with dates that extend into September, the Brooklyn rockers can’t make it to all their fans’ hometowns, but anyone can tune in to their May 15 show at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. The gig will benefit Red Hot, an organization that combats AIDS through pop culture, and be shown via webcast from award-winning filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back, Monterey Pop) and Chris Hegedus (the Oscar-nominated The War Room, the upcoming...  read more

Live Review: Sufjan Stevens and St. Vincent jam out to Phil Collins, more @ BAM Takeover 2008

St. Vincent's Annie Clark modestly announced that she would be introducing new songs during her 45-minute performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2008 Takeover. It's the "right venue" to "embarrass" myself at, she quipped. Her statement didn't make much sense after rolling through an untitled track with a wicked salsa beat and "Bicycle," a lilting, melodic shuffle through ornate piano arpeggios. No, she was probably referring to her closing number, in which the Takeover curator himself, Sufjan Stevens, joined her on the melodica for a charming cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight." ...  read more

Sufjan Stevens launches takeover at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

Though he's been keeping busy with his commissioned symphonies, production work and film scores, prolific folk hero Sufjan Stevens has set aside some time-- 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Sept. 27, to be exact-- to curate the 2008 edition of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's now-annual Takeover....  read more