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| Gabriel Kahane Cnfirms New Album 'Where Are The Arms' Out Sept 13 Gabriel Kahane has emerged as a leading voice among a generation of young composers redefining 21st century music. As an innovator in the worlds of indie, classical, and musical theater, he's collaborated with Sufjan Stevens Rufus Wainwright, written works for the Kronos Quartet, premiered compositions with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and will unveil a new work commissioned by the Public Theater of New York next year. He rolls all of this effortlessly into his new solo album, 'Where Are the Arms' (9/13, 2nd Story Sound Records). Kahane will preview songs from the record during two upcoming solo shows at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall this month-June 13 and 20. Ornately orchestrated and richly cinematic, 'Where Are the Arms' reveals Kahane to be a singer and songwriter of singular vision and sophistication. The eleven new tracks move between dense modernism and melodic whimsy, living up to the New Yorker's rave that "his music absorbs everything." Album opener "Charming Disease" serves as a perfect introduction to Kahane's music-pulsing piano, gorgeous strings, and his crystalline voice belie the song's unnerving subject matter. Shifting time signatures and orchestral asides keep his compositions ever-ambiguous; there are no easy answers in Kahane's music, his vivid lyrics laced with doubt and ambivalence. Watch a preview of the song here: http://bit.ly/lL5ubH Kahane was launched into the spotlight with his 2006 composition 'Craigslistlieder, ' a song cycle for voice and piano based on personal ads found on Craigslist. The remarkable blend of classical and contemporary captured the imaginations of composers and critics alike and led to a steady stream of commissions and performances from Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center. The Los Angeles Times has hailed him as "all around dazzling, " while the New York Times extolled that he combines "a pop balladeer's directness with a jazz singer's fluid phrasing, reaching new heights of expressiveness." write your comments about the article :: © 2011 Jazz News :: home page |