Last year, Kronos Quartet teamed with Ghost Train Orchestra for Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog, which featured contributions from Jarvis Cocker, Marissa Nadler, Rufus Wainwright, Joan as Police Woman, Sam Amidon and more. Here’s a bit from our Indie Basement review of the album:
Louis Hardin was better known as Moondog, a composer and poet, blind since childhood, who lived on the streets of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. While often found on Sixth Avenue busking in a viking costume, reciting poetry and selling sheet music, his work was also highly influential with the new wave of modern composers from the era, including Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Phillip Glass (who took Moondog in to live with him at one point). Ghost Train Orchestra and Glass collaborators Kronos Quartet have teamed up for this tribute, reimagining Moondog’s compositions.
Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet will be bringing the album to life at NYC’s Town Hall on April 16, with Marissa Nadler, Joan as Police Woman, Karen Mantler, and more TBA. They’re billing this as “your only chance to hear this extra special collaboration LIVE.” Tickets are on sale now.
Kronos Quartet have other 2024 dates, including Knoxville’s Big Ears festival. All dates are listed below.
KRONOS QUARTET – 2024 TOUR DATES
FEB 22, 2024 – TUCSON, ARIZONA – CENTENNIAL HALL
FEB 23, 2024 – SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – VIRGINIA G. PIPER THEATRE
FEB 25, 2024 – MONTREAL, QC, CANADA – SALLE WILFRID-PELLETIER
MAR 2, 2024 – BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – ZELLERBACH HALL – PRESENTER: CAL PERFORMANCES
MAR 8, 2024 – LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA – THE BAKER-BAUM CONCERT HALL AT THE CONRAD PREBYS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
MAR 9, 2024 – ALISO VIEJO, CALIFORNIA – CONCERT HALL
MAR 19, 2024 – SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO – LENSIC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
MAR 21, 2024 – WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – LOEB PLAYHOUSE, STEWART CENTER
MAR 23, 2024 – KNOXVILLE, TN – BIG EARS FESTIVAL
APR 4, 2024 – ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA – WEILL HALL
APR 16, 2024 – NYC – TOWN HALL
