- PROJECTS |
Concerts - Info
New Photos by Angelo Merendino
My friend Angelo Merendino came by to take some pictures the other day. We had a great hang and (no surprise) ended up with a some great shots. Angelo and I have shared a lot this past year as both of our wives were taken from us by breast cancer. It was more than a just a few times that just talking with Angelo kept me sane. If you haven't already, please go check out his photos, he is great!
http://www.angelomerendinophoto.com/
See the new Merendino shots
American Power - The Music (scores)
Release Date: March 19, 2012
$15.00 (paperback)
Scores prepared by Erik Friedlander with bowings and fingerings
More Info
"New Love" The Collected Poetry of Lynn M. Shapiro
After Lynn's death numerous unpublished poems were found on her computer. I gathered them all in this collection. You can purchase the paperback ($10.50) or download the pdf for free.
81 poems, 160 pages
Stork, I have a new love.
I touch my hands, my fingers,
my wrists. Swoop down
claws and wings. Land on my neck.
Kiss me like flowers. I rip
my stomach open to you. You
are strong. You never let me go.
My one and only mother I have
a new love and that love is disease.
American Power Channel
I've created a new Youtube Playlist for all the "American Power" videos which you can find here. Here's the latest installment, Movement #6:
Art Meets Audio --> New Deluxe LP Is Here!
The American Power Suite
Photographer Mitch Epstein and I have collaborated on a new limited edition LP entitled, American Power. The 500 hand-numbered albums are signed by both of us, and feature 6 new solo cello compositions, gate-fold artwork by Mitch Epstein, as well as a two-sided, 24x36 inch poster of Epstein’s photographs and my handwritten score. The poster was produced by Prestone Printed in Long Island City, New York, on 100# McCoy Silk text paper under supervision of the artist. Purchase of the 180-gram, audiophile LP is accompanied by a free digital download of the music.
More Info:
In 2011, Mitch Epstein was awarded the Prix Pictet Photography Prize, and was asked to create a presentation to celebrate the award in Arles, France, in early July. In a Roman amphitheater in the center of Arles, Friedlander and Epstein collaborated on a presentation of music, narration, and photography. The success of the evening led to the creation of this beautiful LP, a special chronicle of their performance in Arles.
Mitch Epstein began work on American Power in 2003. The project was a five-year long, twenty-five state investigation of energy production and consumption in the United States, and how they had become manifest in the country's landscape and culture. The book was published in 2009 (Steidl).
The American Power LP
Suggested Retail: $45.00 USD
www.americanpowermusic.com
Live in 2011
We had a great time performing at WNYC's new-ish performance space over on Varick Street. John Schaefer was kind enough to invite us over during the summer. This is a nice segment featuring the Bonebridge Band playing Beaufain Street as well as performances by Ryan Adams, The Civil Wars, James Blake, Blitz the Ambassador, Gaby Moreno, Joyce Yang, Chris Thile & Michael Daves, Jose Conde, and Monty Alexander.
My Hand Injury
The day after my wife's memorial service I fell off my bicycle and tore my UCL (ulnar collateral ligament) which is in the thumb. I'm pretty much out of commission until the new year when I begin rehab..kinda playing a little with the cast on so I don't lose everything. You'll be hearing from me in 2012!
RIP:
Lynn Mayson Shapiro
November 19, 2011 More Info
Listen to Bonebridge Live
Listen to our show from 92YTribeca last Teusday night.
DB Review
Nice four-star review from Downbeat - always appreciate a pat on the back!
"Despite his virtuosic capabilities, Friedlander is a team player with a knack for hooky melodies. He's right at home on the rustic porch aside the laidback Wamble, integrating the cello sound into the rural blues idiom with zero pretense and a superbly relaxed pocket." --Michael Jackson
Working on a Film
I'm pleased to be writing the music for a new feature film entitled, "Future Weather" featuring Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, William Sadler, and Perla Haney-Jardine, directed by Jenny Deller. You can find out more here.
Live from Belgium - Jazz at Middleheim
Someone did a great interpretation of Masada Marathon in Belgium we just did. Check it out! Big collage below, and for a few photos go to: Flickr
The Bonebridge CD
NYTimes Review of Joe's Pub Show is Published!
Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times
"His partners, as on the album, were Doug Wamble on acoustic guitar, Trevor Dunn on bass and Mike Sarin on drums. They sounded very much like a working band and not much like any others you could name. With cello and guitar at the forefront, the sound skewed rustic-cosmopolitan, lean and springy, often sweetened with a touch of twang. [read more]" --Nate Chinen
Grab the cd now!
Amazon MP3 or HardCopy
CDBaby MP3 or HardCopy
iTunes MP3 Only
BandCamp MP3 Only
Press Coming In for Bonebridge!
Interview with Grayson Currin of Pitchfork goes Live!
"If you need cello on a record, Erik Friedlander might be a decent person to call. He's the musician summoning those dark storms on the Mountain Goats' "Dilaudid", and he's one of two cellists on Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite. He's played with John Zorn, Mike Patton, Wynton Marsalis, Ricky Martin, and Alanis Morissette. What's more, he's several albums into a solo career that keeps getting better. Forthcoming album Bonebridge documents Friedlander's first works..[read more]"
See All Latest Press
"Cellist Erik Friedlander brings more than just unique instrumentation to his album Bonebridge. Although the freshness of a cello, guitar, bass and drums collective hooks the ear immediately, it is Friedlander's compositional skills and his gifted band that keeps the interest going throughout. [read more]"
Erik Friedlander (Thursday) Mr. Friedlander, an ingenious cellist who makes an art of soulful rusticity, celebrates the release of "Bonebridge" (Skipstone), his fine and lilting new album, by assembling its complete cast of collaborators: the guitarist Doug Wamble, the bassist Trevor Dunn and the drummer Mike Sarin. At 9:30 p.m., Joe's Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village , (212) 967-7555, joespub.com; $14. (Chinen)
Josh Jackson introduces my new cd over at NPR's First Listen where you can hear the whole cd (streaming)!
Grayson Currin interview me and gets me to admit, "It's a long-lost infatuation that I finally acted on,"
Single! Beaufain Street
You can download the New Single:Beaufain Street
Grab it on iTunes | Amazon - MP3
| Bandcamp (name your own price!)
Beaufain Street gets its name from Charleston, SC where Friedlander spent a few weeks performing last summer, and where he put the finishing touches on the music for the Bonebridge CD. The tune itself gets its inspiration further south -- a rolling, New Orlean's style groove drives this track as Friedlander and Doug Wamble exchange solos and then bring the tune to a close together with Trevor Dunn on bass and Mike Sarin on drums.
Video Posted - Bonebridge
Facebook Fan Page
Join Me At My Fan Facebook Page!
Video Posted - "Hide & Seek"
Single - Hide & Seek
Hide & Seek is a gorgeous vocal track (with vocoded harmonies) originally done by Imogen Heap on the record Speak for Yourself (2005). It just hit me one day - this would sound amazing as an all-cello piece.
Sample of new single.
Original tune.
Buy All-Cello Verison! | iTunes
a r c h i v e --- For older posts - click here
C A L E N D A R
May 4 - Solo at Cafe Barbes, 8P
Cafe Barbes turns 10 May of 2012 and I will be celebrating along with the New York music scene by performing solo. I'll be playing music from my performances at Barbes. Come and join the celebration!
Full Schedule: BANNING EYRE 7:00pm ERIK FRIEDLANDER 8:00pm THE PARKER STRING QUARTET 9:00pm LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE 10:00pm CHICHA LIBRE 11:00pm
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn.
347 422 0248
May 9 - Tonic Renunion Party at LPR
6pm Doors Open (pre-show party)
6:45 - 7:30 Heather Greene & Ursa Minor (Heather Greene, Mino, Michelle Casillas, Rob Jost, Robert DiPietro, & Tony Scherr)
7:45 Jamie Saft's New Zion Trio
8:15 The Rufuseniks (Ted Reichman, John Hollenbeck & Reuben Radding)
9pm Vinicius Cantuaria Sextet
9:30 Dougie Bowne's Peninsula
10pm Billy Martin Improv with Erik Friedlander, Marcus Rojas & G. Calvin Weston
10:30 Yuka C. Honda's EUCADEMIX
11pm White Out w/ Bill Nace
11:30 Elysian Fields
12 Sex Mob
12:30 Ben Perowsky's Moodswing Orchestra with Michael Blake, T.K. Webb and Danny Blume
1am Vernon Reid, Jamaaladeen Tacuma & G. Calvin Weston
Mike Wolf DJs throughout!
158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012 (212) 505-3474
May 19 - Zorn in Victoriaville, Canada
With Joey Baron, Trevor Dunn, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander John Medeski, Kenny Wollesen and John Zorn
Witness the World Premiere of a brand new work by JOHN ZORN, a pillar of Musique Actuelle, surrounded by a group of musicians who have grown to become masters in the art of performing his compositions and interpreting his direction cues.
More Info
May 27 - Solo in Moers, Germany
I will be performing the Block Ice & Propane show at the Moers Festival, May 27th. For more info go to their website.
November 22 - Dec 9, 2012 Europe/Bonebridge
The Bonebridge Band comes to Europe!
