NPR to Broadcast Bjork NYC Gig

I feel the dull flame of Mara Liasson
NPR to Broadcast Bjork NYC Gig Raise your flag! Or, at least, your antennae: Björk will beam Volta's electric charge into your whip and down to your tinny computer speakers when her May 5 performance alongside Konono No1 at New York City's United Palace is webcast. Bark if you must at the next NPR pledge drive interrupting "Whad'Ya Know?", but the tote-bag surplus shop/public commodity will be kindly hosting the 'cast on their website, with a little help from New York's own WNYC.

Just in case Vicky Promqueen wants to take you out for smoothies Saturday night at 8 p.m. EDT-- leaving you temporarily untethered from that life-giving box you call laptop-- you'll have a couple cracks at hearing the Björk jams while wallowing in dateless self-pity: NPR will host a stream and an "All Songs Considered" podcast from the show absolutely free of charge, and WNYC will rebroadcast the show from their website and over the airwaves May 14 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Been busying yourself with set design for your "Innocence" video, crafting a wimple for Joanna Newsom, or jerry-rigging a giant clock to count down the hours until Volta's May 8 U.S. release? Give the craft fair a rest, Charlie, and get all up in Björk's grill (in a non-stalkery way, please) on one of her oft-repeated string of tour dates, listed again for the delight of your eyeballs.

Bee-york:

05-02 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *
05-05 New York, NY - United Palace Theater *
05-08 New York, NY - Apollo Theater
05-12 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
05-15 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
05-19 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre #
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park
05-26 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch!)
06-22 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-28 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-08 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Cultuurpark
07-13 Bilbao, Spain - Guggenheim Esplanade
07-15 Segovia, Spain - Palacio Real de la Granja
07-18 Madrid, Spain - Plaza de Toros Las Ventas
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
08-23 Nimes, France - Arénes de Nimes
08-26 Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival
08-31 Stradbally, Ireland - Stradbally Estate (Electric Picnic)
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Festival
09-08 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival

* with Konono N°1
# with Joanna Newsom

Posted by Paul Thompson on Tue, May 1, 2007 at 4:00pm