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Julia Holter Bathes Webster Hall in Sumptuous New Music on Friday Night

Julia Holter – Webster Hall – May 17, 2024

Some artists dip in and out of your life as you cycle through the ebbs and flows of the day-to-day. I’d followed Julia Holter from her start in the 2010s but for some reason waivered in my attention. When she provided music for the 2020 film Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Holter popped back into my mind, and it made so much sense that soundtracks had become part of her repertoire. She naturally produces soundscapes that envelop your soul from her art-pop sensibilities that flow between ambient and electronic waves.

NPR’s Lars Gotrich describes her best: “Julia Holter’s music exists in tiny universes, colliding in torch songs and bits of cosmic cabaret that are as reverent as they are perverse. The most minute details and the plainest words suddenly form a grandiose spectacle.” Holter continues experimenting with her sixth studio album, Something in the Room She Moves, which dropped in March and offers tinges of jazzy blues notes. On Friday night at Webster Hall, the Los Angeles musician bathed the room in sumptuous melodies.

With Dicky Bahto’s film For Julia Holter (no. 1) projected throughout the night, the stage was set for art school band vibes. Holter opened with “Sun Girl,” with Devin Hoff banging the neck of his bass to provide a percussive, reverbing beat. Longtime collaborator and spouse Tashi Wada played bagpipes on “Silhouette” as the singer released sirenlike howls. Fan-favorite “Marienbad” arrived earlier than intended after Holter prematurely played its opening keys to the crowd’s delight. She went with it, jokingly saying, “This is ‘Feel You’,” which was actually the next song.

The singer-songwriter-composer-producer delighted in the joy of playing in New York City, allowing her to welcome several guests to the stage. Opener Nyokabi Kariũki and singers Gemma Castro and Ana Roxanne joined Holter for an a cappella version of “Meyou,” and in the set’s second half, saxophonist Danny Meyer gave an extra bluesy longing to “These Morning” and “Talking to the Whisper.” The headliner returned to older material on “Sea Calls Me Home,” and drummer Beth Goodfellow provided backing vocals on “I Shall Love 2.” For the encore, Holter did a solo rendition of “Materia” before the band returned to conclude with “Why Sad Song” and crowd-pleaser “Betsy on the Roof.” —Sharlene Chiu | @Shar0c

Photos courtesy of Lexi Yob | @filmbyyobby

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AMAZING..... Ava Mendoza

Broad Statements 2023

South Oxford Space

March 12, 2023 Ava Mendoza

Ava Mendoza is an American guitarist, vocalist, and composer.

An avant-garde artist whose work is described as traversing a number of genres, Mendoza has performed with a wide range of musicians, including Nels Cline, Matana Roberts, Nick Zinner,Jon Irabagon, William Hooker,William Parker,Fred Frith,The Violent Femmes,Weasel Walter,tUnE-yArDs, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rova Saxophone Quartet,Moppa Elliott, Negativland, and Malcolm Mooney.

Mendoza also leads the avant-rock band Unnatural Ways, a trio with Tim Dahl and Sam Ospovat

Ava Mendoza: electric guitar, compositions

Devin Hoff: electric bass, compositions

James Brandon Lewis: tenor saxophone

Ches Smith: drums

'Echolocation' is the astonishing debut album from Mendoza Hoff Revels, a formidable new unit led by Ava Mendoza & Devin Hoff and featuring James Brandon Lewis & Ches Smith.

While Mendoza and Hoff have floated around each other's musical orbits for decades, and have been friends for some time, this is their first work together on record. It is an electric & holy harmonic fusion of highly estimable musical forces; wholly rendered. The original impetus of this group was Mendoza’s, based on the love she and Hoff shared for aggressive and polyglot electric avant-garde ensembles – artists like mid-80's Black Flag (w/ Roessler & Stevenson) and Ornette Coleman's Prime Time bands revolutionized the way they heard music. As stated in their liner notes, "we shared the writing of these pieces, though without the sizable stamps of both James and Ches, they would sound nothing like they do here.”

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10.06.22 I caught Sean Lennon’s phenomenal set at The Stone with Devin Hoff (bass), Michael Leonhart (trumpet), João Nogueira (keyboards), Mauro Refosco (percussion), Ches Smith (drums) and Lennon (guitar). Music was progged out instrumental instrumental bliss with shades of Rock In Opposition, Robert Wyatt and even Santana. Thank you David Newgarden. Sean came down with COVID the next day and cancelled the rest of the residency.

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Mistakes by Sharon Van Etten from the album We've Been Going About This All Wrong - Shot & Directed by: Ashley Connor

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Devin Hoff Shares Anne Briggs’ “Go Your Way” Cover With Sharon Van Etten On Vocals

https://music.mxdwn.com/2021/09/14/news/devin-hoff-shares-anne-briggs-go-your-way-cover-with-sharon-van-etten-on-vocals/

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