Arthur Russell

Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92, my second book to be published by Duke University Press, was launched at the Housing Works bookstore in New York on 10 October 2009. Scroll down for the book's blog, information on foreign translations, and Tim Lawrence interviews and articles about Arthur Russell

Hold On to Your Dreams / Japanese translation

This is the cover of the Japanese translation of Hold On to Your Dreams現代音楽～ディスコまで越境した奇才、その謎に包まれた人生：
70～80年代のN.Yアンダーグラウンドなシーンを代表するアーティスト、アーサー・ラッセル。チェロ、ドラッグと仏教への心酔、ギンズバーグやフィリップ・グラス、ラリー・レヴァンとの交流、そしてトーキング・ヘッズへの参加。死後、はじめて才能を評価され

 

Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92

This is the front cover of Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92"Hold On to Your Dreams" is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to the downtown New York music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. With the exception of a few dance recordings, including "Is It All Over My Face?" and "Go Bang! #5," Russell's pioneering music was largely

 

Hold On to Your Dreams: Blog

This is a picture of Tim Lawrence signing Hold On to Your Dreams at the Housing Works Bookstore on 10 October 2009Blog: Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-92 is now published in English, Italian and Japanese. For updates -- including book reviews, book store readings, Arthur Russell-related performances and releases, and general Arthur Russell information -- please read this blog.

 

Hold On to Your Dreams / Italian translation

This is a photo of Arthur Russell in the recording studio, taken by Peter ZummoTre anni fa, intervistando Tim Lawrence a proposito della sua ricerca su Arthur Russell, la vita del musicista mi fu descritta come "un complicato intreccio di sogni, progetti, speranze, delusioni, relazioni e

 

Keynote speech at NYU's Arthur Russell conference

This is a photo of Arthur Russell playing the celloHere is the keynote speech I gave at New York University's "Kiss Me Again: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Russell" conference on 10 October 2009, which can be downloaded

 

Icons: Arthur Russell (Attitude)

This is a photo of Arthur Russell on the roof of his East Village apartmentA composer and multi-instrumentalist who lived and worked in New York during the creative peak of the downtown era, Russell was a quirky character who appeared to live at a tangent to his times. While his peers

 

Wild Combination at the ICA

This is the ICA flyer for the Wild Combination screeningThe London premiere of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell -- a film by Matt Wolf -- will take place at the ICA on 26 September 2008. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, hosted by myself, and a launch party in the ICA bar featuring an Arthur Russell inspired DJ set from Twitch of Optimo.

 

Arthur Russell / Rhizomatic Musicianship (Liminalities)

This is a flyer for an Arthur Russell performance at the Kitchen. It features a hand drawing of Arthur.During the 1970s and early 1980s, a diverse group of artists, musicians, sculptors, video filmmakers and writers congregated in downtown New York and forged a radical creative network. Distinguished by its level of

 

"I Want to See All My Friends At Once": Arthur Russell and the Queering of Gay Disco (Journal of Popular Music Studies)

This is the front cover of the Journal of Popular Music StudiesDisco, it is commonly understood, drummed its drums and twirled its twirls across an explicit gay-straight divide. In the beginning, the story goes, disco was gay: Gay dancers went to gay clubs, celebrated their newly liberated status by dancing with other men, and discovered a vicarious voice in the form of disco's soul

 
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