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OTD last year our record Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog was released on @CantaloupeNY. A collaboration with the legendary @kronosquartet and an incredible cast of vocalists. ghosttrainorchestra.bandcamp…
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David Byrne with Ghost Train Orchestra hunkered down in the studio this past week with producer Kid Harpoon to record incredible new songs by David with GTO arrangements. An amazing adventure!
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The scene following the encore at a sold-out @TownHallNYC last night. Congratulations to @ghosttrainorch, @kronosquartet, @marissanadler, @JOANPOLICEWOMAN, @DBtodomundo, @bwcarpenter and all the brilliant artists who made this legendary show possible! #Moondog 📸 @sachynsuch
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Tickets going fast for this epic show next week with @ghosttrainorch and @kronosquartet celebrating our new record Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog on @CantaloupeNY. With special guests @DBtodomundo @JOANPOLICEWOMAN Karen Mantler and @marissanadler. Poster by LURE.
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A great thrill to perform with legendary @kronosquartet at their incredible 5 Decades show at @BigEarsFestival . Come see us at @TownHallNYC on April 16th with David Byrne, Karen Mantler, Joan as Police Woman, and Marissa Nadler!
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Great instrumental selections from David Byrne, including Curtis Hasselbring's arrangement of "Caribea" from our new record. Come see us perform this piece at @TownHallNYC with Kronos Quartet April 16th! faroutmagazine.co.uk/david-b…
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I'm super excited about this! David Byrne has joined the lineup as we pay tribute to Moondog with the @kronosquartet and @GhostTrain_Orch at Town Hall in NYC on April 16th. There's gonna be a special duet and it's just going to be really cool. shorturl.at/jkvxQ
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Today at 4-6pm EST Brian Carpenter joins Irwin Chusid on @WFMU to talk about the record with @kronosquartet and our upcoming show at The Town Hall in NYC on April 16th.
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Upcoming special programs on WFMU: Min Xiao-Fen on Morricone Island, Daddy Dewdrop w/Evan "Funk" Davies, Brian Carpenter of Ghost Train Orchestra discusses Moondog w/Irwin, Richard Papiercuts w/Nate, Kay Adams w/Michael Shelley, and much more! Full list: wfmu.org/upcoming

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On April 16th we're joined by @ghosttrainorchestra to play music from "Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog" onstage for the first time. Join us at @townhallnyc in New York for your only chance to hear this extra special collaboration LIVE.
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Tonight on Free Association. Trumpeter/composer/arranger Steven Bernstein joins me to talk about his new record with Sexmob and his work with Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, Hal Willner, John Lurie, and more. Tune into @wzbc 90.3FM at 8pm EST. Photo by Jacob Blickenstaff.
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My @Tracking_Angle review of the Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet's startling album of the music of Moondog. trackingangle.com/music/moon…
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A wonderfully written piece by Fred Kaplan on the new record... "It is a splendid, engrossing, revelatory album. It’s also a lot of fun." trackingangle.com/music/moon…
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Our new record is listed among the @BostonGlobe 50 Favorite Albums of the Year. Writes Noah Schaffer, "Joined by the Kronos Quartet and guest vocalists, they capture both the wit and beauty that made Moondog so unique." tinyurl.com/4st8hepd
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A few scenes from last weekend’s @GhostTrain_Orch record release show at @Roulette_NYC with @JOANPOLICEWOMAN @DBtodomundo and Karen Mantler. Photos by Dan Efram.
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