David Garland (born December 17, 1954) is a singer-songwriter, composer, instrument designer, illustrator, graphic designer, journalist, and former New York city

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Music projects

A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, Garland has recorded with

Christian Marclay Christian Marclay (born January 11, 1955) is a visual artist and composer. He holds both American and Swiss nationality. Marclay's work explores connections between sound, noise, photography, video, and film. A pioneer of using gramophone records ...

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, Shelly Hirsch,

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She sa ...

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Arto Lindsay Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In ...

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Brian Dewan Brian Dewan (born 14 June 1963) is an American multi-media artist, who produces music, audio-visual performances, decorative painting, furniture, poetry, filmstrips, illustrations, and musical instruments. He has released three albums of songs ...

, and

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, among others. He has performed at New York City’s

Knitting Factory The Knitting Factory is a nightclub in New York City that features eclectic music and entertainment. After opening in 1987, various other locations were opened in the United States. The Knitting Factory gave its audience poetry readings, perform ...

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, and

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, in Europe, on WNYC’s ''

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'' and other venues, and has recorded several albums of his music. In 1993 he released an album, ''I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times'', which features Garland, along with accompanists Ikue Mori and Cinnie Cole, interpreting songs by

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of the

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. His most recent album, ''Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton'', released in 2012, features guest appearances by

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, and

and

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of the band Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

Radio

Garland hosted the radio show ''

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'' on station

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for 28 years, and served as the weekend evening host on WQXR,

. He continues to produce ''Spinning On Air'' as an independent podcast. He hosted two additional programs on WQXR, ''Movies On The Radio'', which focused on recorded film scores, and ''Old School'', which focused on early music from the 11th to the 18th centuries. Prior to broadcasting at WQXR and WNYC, Garland hosted programs at

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, the radio station of

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, New York.

Visual arts

He attended the

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from 1972-1976, and graduated with honors. He has designed album covers for the

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record label, and for his own music releases.

Journalism

Garland served as editor, writer, and co-art director for EAR Magazine from 1979 to 1982. He wrote a cover story on composer

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

for the December 1983 issue of ''

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'' magazine, and penned liner notes for ''Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection'', issued by

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in 2000. He has written a number of pieces for NPR Music, including stories about

Van Dyke Parks Van Dyke Parks (born January 3, 1943) is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is best known for his 1967 album ''Song Cycle (album), Song Cycle'' and for his ...

, Mark David Ashworth,

Laura Marling Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Brit A ...

, and

Will Stratton Will Stratton (born April 10, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He released his first album during the summer after graduating from high school and has gone on to release a total of seven albums. Early life Stratton was born ...

, and for the musicians forum TalkhouseDavid Garland Talks Deradoorian’s ''The Expanding Flower Planet'', August 26, 2015

Discography

;Albums issued as David Garland * 1987: ''Control Songs'' * 1993: ''I Guess I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times: David Garland Performs Brian Wilson'' * 1999: ''Togetherness (Control Songs, Vol. 2)'' * 2000: ''My Vortex Camera (Control Songs, Vol. 3)'' * 2004: ''The Other Side of the Window'' * 2006: ''Reveal'' * 2007: ''The Noise in You'' * 2012: ''Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton'' * 2018: ''Verdancy'' ;Albums issued under the band name Garlands (including other family members and outside collaborators) * 2019: ''Vulneraries Vol. 1'' * 2019: ''Vulneraries Vol. 2'' * 2020: ''Vulneraries Vol. 3 Mortality'' * 2020: ''Vulneraries Vol. 4'' * 2020: ''Vulneraries Vol. 5'' * 2021: ''Vulneraries Vol. 6''

References

External links

DavidGarland.com — official website
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