Franz Nicolay

Testing testing. 

If you were curious about the dance score I wrote that just premiered, you can hear it here. Recommended if you were one of the two or three people who liked the interludes on “Do The Struggle.”

Your gentle reminder about another record that came out this year. https://franznicolay.bandcamp.com/album/to-us-the-beautiful

Thrilled to say I’m writing the score for new work from choreographer Alison Chase (founding artistic director of the renowned dance companies Pilobolus and Momix), premiering Jan. 14-17 at the Five Angels Theater in NYC: http://www.alisonchase.org/nyc2016/2016/1/14/acp-2016-nyc-season

All these tributes to Dickie Hammond made me feel like sharing this version I once recorded of one of his best parts.

For those who like to order way in advance: Amazon

Rolling Stone Germany is premiering Simon Jackson's stop-motion video for "Marfa Lights." http://www.rollingstone.de/franz-nicolay-exklusive-videopremiere-von-marfa-lights-tourdaten-805775/

We stayed in the America's Best Value Inn (motto: Four words, three lies!) in Richmond and Andrew Seward made this video for "Bright White." Apparently I'm doing some kind of a Joe Cocker impression.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iwA0d-SBdc

Really excited that Maria Sonevytsky's "Chornobyl Songs Project"is coming out in April on the legendary Smithsonian Folkways label. She put together a vocal group to perform songs from villages that had to be abandoned after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.

Also I had a nice chat with the good people at Make-That-A-Take Records.

For World Book Day, Frank Turner, Billy The Kid, myself and others talked about writing our books.

Andrew Seward made this video trailer for "To Us, The Beautiful!" with some footage from the recording session.

Punktastic is streaming "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" and "Home Is Where They Take You In," the two album outtakes that are on the upcoming Scottish 7" from Make-That-A-Take Records​. http://punktastic.com/radar/check-out-two-new-songs-from-franz-nicolay/

The  amazing New Press catalog includes the likes of Chomsky, Studs Terkel, Foucault, bell hooks, and many more. (And, uh, John Edwards.) Definitely gonna harass my new labelmate Noam for club-date support slots during festival season.

Fun video made by Mr. Simon Jackson out of Shanghai. You can check out his music at https://torpedobuoy.bandcamp.com/.