Free Concert by David Garland & Music for Furniture

On Fri, April 25, at 7pm David Garland will present a free musical performance with his improvisational group Music for Furniture at Lightforms Art Center at 743 N. Columbia St. in Hudson (wherenhe is also exhibiting his photographs). He writes, “Recently I’ve entered a new phase as a composer – Using a 12-string guitar specially modified [electronically] by my son Kenji Garland, as well as many other instruments.”

Shortly after graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1976 Garland joining bands in NYC and beginning with innovative collaborators to create his own adventurous music during the later 19/70s and 1980s as part of the expeimental New York sound. David Garland with his multi-instumental (acoustic, electronic, improvised, etc.) scorings and innovative collaborators has issued a dozen unique recorded albums since 1981. “David Garland has quickly become one of my favorite composers. Like many great composers before him, he pushes the limits of acceptable harmony and dissonance, yet never at the expense of beauty.” Sean Ono Lennon.

Since 1983 he has also presented unusual music on the radio through  several NYC stations and programs – especially producing and hosting the podcast Spinning Air on NY Public Radio for 28 years, featuring many in-studio guest performances and interviews, including Patti  Smith, Yoko Ono, Donovan, Les Baxter, Paul McCartney, They Might Be Giants, Incredible String Band, Van Dyke Parks, Animal Collective, Vashti Bunyan, Dirty Projectors, and many, many more.

He has worked as a freelance music journalist (reviews, liner notes, and a 200-page handbook on the history of science-fiction music included in the box set Brain in a Box: The Science-Fiction Collection. Currently he is also a freelance audio producer.

www.instagram.com/davidgarlandmakes

www.davidgarland.com