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Tag: Orpheum Theatre

  • Sibylle Baier, the Greta Garbo of Lo-Fi Folk, Re-emerges June 9 at Upstate Films

    She’s the German actress and amateur singer-songwriter who achieved notoriety three decades after she made the humble home recordings that were released in 2006 as the critically acclaimed Colour Green.  Now the reclusive Sibylle Baier is making a rare appearance at the Saugerties’ Orpheum Theatre for the June 9 screening of Wim Wenders’ 1974 classic Alice in the Cities.

    Sibylle Baier

    “Sibylle Baier and her daughter Julia appeared briefly in Wim Wenders’ film Alice in the Cities. The two protagonists come across Sibylle standing on the ferry, holding her daughter as she sings one of her songs entitled ‘Softly’.. Through the early 1970s, Baier made lo-fi acoustic recordings of songs she wrote for her pleasure alone, ones that Robby gathered onto a CD gifted to friends to mark his mother’s 60th birthday. One recipient was Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis who secured its commercial release as the 14-track collection, Colour Green, on Orange Twin label. 

    Sibylle Baier

    Baier’s breathy, stripped-back acoustic sound is often compared to Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and a folky Nico. Her fans number musicians like Kim Gordon, who included her on a playlist of favorites in a 2015 article in the New York Times.  Her evocative music has since been licensed for many projects including the films Drinking Buddies and My Salinger Year and the TV show, End of the F**cking World. A new recording, “Let Us Know,” was featured in Wenders’ film, Palermo Shooting.

    Although she will not be performing live, Baier will be playing tracks from Colour Green.

    Sibylle Baier
    Sibylle Baier

    The event will take place in “The Mark,” the brand-new screening room at Upstate Films’ Orpheum Theatre in Saugerties. The Mark’s most notable elements are its acoustics with its Dolby Atmos sound system, engineered with WSDG and cinema specialist Dave Berti, which provides precision sound that envelops the audience, immersing them in the heart of the film. WSDG, led by John Storyk, has previously designed venues and studios for Bruce Springsteen, UCLA, Lincoln Center, Spotify, Jay-Z, MTV, Alicia Keys, NYU, and, at the beginning of Storyk’s career, Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios.

    For more information and tickets, visit Upstate Films

  • Book Tour for Best-Selling ‘Too Much Too Young’ to make NY Stops

    This September, author Daniel Rachel will stop in Manhattan and Saugerties to celebrate the US release of his book Too Much Too Young. Akashic Books will release the British best-seller for American audiences on June 4th. 

    Daniel Rachel's Too Much Too Young is set to release June 4, 2024

    Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story is a definitive history of the British Ska scene of the 1970s and 80s. The book discusses Ska’s Caribbean island origins, and how British Youth conquered the airways with it throughout the 1980s. This 2 Tone scene was a multi-racial movement using ska as a vehicle to fight racism, right wing extremism and other social issues of Thatcher-era England. 

    Rachel’s book is a modern classic of music history, receiving praise from critics and musicians alike. The book features interviews with members of legendary ska groups, like The Beat, Madness, and The Specials, giving it a very grounded, informative and intimate feeling. Additionally, the book features an introduction by Pauline Black, lead singer of the 2 Tone band The Selecter. 

    A brilliant book and a fitting account of one of British culture’s most epochal moments.

    Nothing is left out of this definitive book.”

    – The Wire

    Before his writing career, Rachel had a fruitful music career. He began as lead singer of the Birmingham Britpop group Rachels Basement, before launching a successful solo folk-pop career. Since 2013, Rachel has focused on his writings, which have covered topics throughout British music history. Whether they are about Ska, Britpop or David Bowie, his books have garnered much critical praise. Too Much Too Young has been especially successful, being named book of the year by The Sunday Times, Louder Than War and many other publications. 

    To celebrate the release of his book in the US, Rachel is planning a cross-country book tour. The tour is set to begin on August 23 in Los Angeles, featuring an interview with Specials guitarist Lynval Golding. This book tour includes two New York locations, with stops in Saugerties and Manhattan. On Monday, September 9, the tour will stop at Saugerties’s Orpheum Theatre. On Thursday, September 12, the tour will stop at Rough Trade’s NYC store in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center.

    For more information on the book’s release and tour dates, visit the Akashic Books website here. 

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