Local Vocal returns Thursday December 5th to Bar Chord Brooklyn with Stan Mitchell and his Band of Buddies, New Zealand artists Leila Adu and Carrie Beehan, plus Jonas Read, JoAnna Barrett-Mitchell and Mike Cobb & The Crevulators. I’ll be on bass duties for several of the acts on the night.
Bar Chord is located at 1008 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218
Show starts 8:30pm and is free!
Poster by Andrew B. White
Carrie Beehan and A.I.T.Q.R. (Alazon In The Quiet Room) presents a staged reading of
A.I.T.Q.R. Displaced.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14th 2019 at
EAST VILLAGE PLAYHOUSE NYC
7pm-9pm
The Listen School at East Village Playhouse presents A.I.T.Q.R.Displaced 2019 Staged Reading.
We invite you to hear our most recent script development and songs.
A.I.T.Q.R.Displaced is music and documentary theater, revealing when immigrant artists leave their quiet rooms of contemplation. A personal story etched in five and more decades, it tells the universal story of immigration and displacement via song, narration, video timelines and projection. Displacement embodies uncertainty and the unknown.
In this staged reading we hone in on our script and songs and will not be projecting visuals.
We welcome and appreciate your feedback during the conversation afterward.
Very Limited seats with RSVP only.
1978, a young Czech writer, Vít Hořejš, defects, crossing European borders, expecting to be shot in the back, meanwhile, caught in the UK Brixton riots, Hyde Park bombings, and skinhead violence, Carrie Beehan, travels to the mural-heavy walls dividing East and West Berlin. A video editor for German News broadcasting, she edits the international horror of war-refugee diaspora. Singer, Louisa Bradshaw, meets Carrie in Berlin-both moving to New York City as performers, meeting Vit Horejs. Bradshaw sings of her mother’s PTSD as a child hiding her Jewish friend from Nazi soldiers in the walls of her bedroom. Cherish recounts her parents journey from war-battered Philippine villages to her East Village home of birth. Artist Venus De Mar’s speaks of violence and othering living as a displaced transgender person for over 35 years. Anna witnesses a man shopping with his wife and child in Stockholm wearing a Swastika. It is 2018. Carrie’s bandmate, a Bronx musician, is ravaged with dementia while Carrie’s dying, bankrupt father instructs her to row toward unchartered waters. Crossing the Arizona border to the Mexican town Naco, Sonora, documenting children’s mural art, the border mural asks Carrie in bold graphics: “First Berlin, Now Naco?”
New song 'Bloody Haircuts' out today from Carrie Beehan and A.I.T.Q.R. (Alazon In The Quiet Room/Displaced)
The song was penned over 28 years ago in Berlin. It is not about hairdressers but rather Skinheads and neo-fascism. “Right here, right now it’s back.”
Recorded in NYC the song features Carrie on vocals and guitar, Stan Mitchell on drums, David M Patterson on guitars, Andrew B. White on bass, Rima Fand on violin, Louisa Bradshaw on BVs with production and mix by Robert L. Smith.
Cover art by Andrew B. White
I will be playing with Carrie Beehan at ChaShaMa gallery for Garry Nichols’ “Tasmanian Effect” art exhibition on Friday September 13th at 7PM.
Garry Nichols is an Australian-born artist residing in New York City.
The gallery is located at 1022 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10021
Carrie will be performing stripped-down versions of songs from her multimedia show "Alazon In The Quiet Room" which tells the story of immigrants, and displacement in all forms.
Poster by Andrew B. White
I will be playing bass for performances of “Displaced 2” by Carrie Beehan over the next two Monday nights at Pangea NYC
Show dates: Monday, November 12th & 19th. 7 pm.
This is a multi-media theater production and follows-on from "Alazon In The Quiet Room" which continues to tell the story of immigrants, and displacement in all forms. A mix of original music (and a couple of covers) performed by a cast of musicians with a multi-media background.
Carrie is running a GoFund Me to help with putting on these shows. All details here: https://www.gofundme.com/carrie-beehan-campaign…
