Tag Archives: Lori Goldston

Mixtape #142

02 November 2022

Acclaimed and genre-bending cellist and composer Lori Goldston acquired international renown in the 90’s as the touring cellist for Nirvana and appearance on their MTV Unplugged session. For more than 25 years, she has honed a sound that transcends all styles of music, establishing a legacy as a composer, cellist, improviser, producer, writer and teacher, with credits on records and bands like Earth, David Byrne, Black Cat Ensemble, Mirah, Terry Riley, Laura Viers, Tara Jane O’Neil and The Wedding Present amongst many others, as well as score work for operas, films, theatre, and dance productions. Last month she released a riveting new album, High and Low, tapping into influences ranging from baroque music to Americana and experimental music. We asked Lori to put together a mix of some of the artists and bands that inspire her and we're thrilled to start November with this superb selection of tracks.

  1. Natalia Beylis – Roslyn’s Stickhut in the Woods [Eiderdown Records]
  2. Milford Graves – Nothing 11-10 [ESP Disk]
  3. Ô Paon – Grand Sec / Alunissage [Ô Paon Records]
  4. Laura Cannell – The Girl Who Became an Owl [Brawl Records]
  5. SPECSWIZARD – Magic [Sauco]
  6. Ornette Coleman – Skies Of America [Columbia / Legacy]
  7. UAY – Para Entrar en la Sierra
  8. La Sonora Clandestina – el viento me lleva [Obscure & Terrible]
  9. Shirley Collins – The Unquiet Grave [Folkways Records / Smithsonian Folkways]
  10. Rhodri Davies – Pengribyn [Amgen]
  11. Ami Dang – Satnam Waheguru [Leaving Records]
  12. Louis Killen – All Things Are Quite Silent [Topic Records]
  13. Judith Hamann – Humming Suite V – Étude for multiphonics and humming, one cello, one voice, and one shadow voice [Blank Forms Editions]
  14. Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang – Kidung [Ideologic Organ]

Lori Goldston’s new album, High and Low, out now; watch the video for third single ‘We Miss You and Wish You Well’

08 October 2022

Yesterday saw the release of Lori Goldston‘s much anticipated new album High and Low through SofaBurn. Goldston had also shared a third single from the record titled ‘We Miss You and Wish You Well’. The track comes with an accompanying video directed by Clyde Petersen, who had also directed the video for her first riveting single ‘The Waves and What’s Under’. Speaking about the video, he commented:

“This super8mm footage was shot on a flight from Burbank, California to Seattle, Washington. I was returning home from guest lecturing at the animation department at CalArts. I was in production on a documentary film about the band Earth at the time and often found myself shooting footage out of airplane windows and moving cars. As I boarded the plane, I saw Seattle film director Megan Griffiths and Erik Estrada (Ponch from CHiPS) in first class. Seated next to me in the main cabin was Mark L. Walberg, host of the reality show Temptation Island. I was trying not to freak out the entire time, because I was a big ‘Temptation Island’ fan in college.

As we approached the Northwest and Mount Rainier, I saw what I believe to be the most beautiful clouds I have ever seen in my entire life. Fluffy and gigantic, towering over the plane. I grabbed my camera and began to film them out the window. Mark was surprised to see me shooting actual film and we had quite a fun chat. I still have not seen a more perfect cloud in my life, and I believe I may never. I am ok with that. These were stunning. As I approached this music video, Lori informed me that the song was about our friend Geneviève Castrée. To celebrate her with these perfect clouds felt right. She would have liked the view.”

Watch the video below.

Listen to Lori Goldston’s new single ‘Aloft’ off forthcoming new album High and Low

18 August 2022


(photo courtesy of Lori Goldston)

With her highly anticipated new album High and Low set for release on October 7th via SofaBurn, this week acclaimed and genre-bending cellist and composer Lori Goldston has shared a second single titled ‘Aloft’. It follows the first riveting single ‘The Waves and What’s Under’ and as the press release describes, the track “is Lori is at her earth-shattering strongest, literally channeling the volume-popping drones of her contemporaries Earth for a treatise unlike any other”. Take a listen now.

Lori Goldston releases video for new single ‘The Waves and What’s Under’

26 July 2022

Acclaimed and genre-bending cellist and composer Lori Goldston has been around the block for over 25 years, with stints in renown projects, including David Byrne, Earth, Nirvana, Mirah, R. Ring, Laura Viers, and The Wedding Present, as well as score work for operas, films, theatre, and dance productions. This October will see the release of High and Low, her new solo album. Encompassing two sections, the “High” section is a series of solo improvised memorials for Goldston’s friend and Canadian artist and musician Geneviève Elverum, and the other section features improvised duo performances with drummer Dan Sasaki.

High and Low is set for release on October 7th via SofaBurn and ahead of it Goldston has shared the first riveting single ‘The Waves and What’s Under’. The track comes with an accompanying video directed by Clyde Petersen, who comments:

“Lori Goldston and I convened on a secret island in the Salish Sea to create the music video. The Boatel, a private guest house for visitors, was constructed out of an old wooden boat, cut into pieces and hauled onto the shore to be reassembled in the forest. It is surrounded by Alder and Cedar trees, baby fawns, chipmunks and birds of all varieties who spend their days in the blackberry brambles, carving out nests and spots of shade to rest in while eating the tender leaves each spring brings.”

Watch the video below.