Alyson Greenfield: News

I am extremely honored to be playing the BOXCON (International Human Beatboxing Convention) Opening Night Party on Friday, July 30 at Littlefield in Brooklyn! Here's a blurb from Beyond Race Magazine about the event:

"The film screening on July 30th will be accompanied by special guest performances with esteemed musicians including award winning percussionist Swiss Chris (drummer and long-time music director for 4 time Grammy Winner John Legend), soul singer Stephanie Rooker and guitar virtuoso Ben Tyree, UK beatbox sensation Hobbit, as well as singer songwriter Alyson Greenfield with DJ Reborn on deck!"

I will be performing some originals, as well as some hip-hop covers! Click here to find out more about the Opening Night Party:
http://beyondrace.com/articles/news/2739-1st-american-beatbox-championships-a-6th-international-human-beatbox-convention
Click here to find out more about BOXCON: http://www.beatboxconvention.com/

I am so excited to debut my newest electronic project at the Love and afFUNCTION Gallery Event at Knitting Factory Thursday, July 29, 2010. The new project involves improvisation with synthesizers, vintage Casio keyboards, and original beats to create layers of dreamy and danceable sounds. Please check out all the event details below, including art and handmade goods from artists Rebecca Sherman and Angela Jackson and sounds from DJ SultryKiss.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=138726126137565&ref=ts
Hope you can make it to this event!

The WILD Honeypie caught me playing one of my NEW electro songs called "Cult Spell"! We filmed it in a creepy corridor right outside of my basement in Brooklyn. You'll see flies buzzing, the sun shining, and right now you can ONLY watch the video exclusively on The WILE Honeypie's site: http://vimeo.com/13234456

I have started a women's music festival called TINDERBOX! You can find out more information about it by going to the website at: www.tinderboxmusicfestival.com. You can also find out more about the funds we are trying to raise to both help make the festival happen and give back to organizations that are helping the next generation of women musicians at our Kickstarter page: www.kickstarter.com/projects/123305541/tinderbox-music-festival

I am very excited to announce that I will be playing The Onion/A.V. Club event at The Knitting Factory on Monday, July 5 at 8pm with Saadi and KRISTEENYOUNG. This is going to be a rocking night of electro women and I'm kicking the night off! You can buy tickets in advance here: http://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=11617

I am so excited for my shows this week! I will be playing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Avenue, NY, NY) on Monday, June 21 at 5pm for Make Music New York (http://makemusicny.org/) and at Southpaw (125 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY) on Sunday, June 27 at 8pm in Park Slope (http://spsounds.com/calendar)! The show at The Met will be outside on an upright piano, and the show at Southpaw will be inside as I rock autoharp, synthesizer, casio, glockenspiel, and more!

I played music this weekend at FIGMENT-- an amazing all-volunteer run festival on Governor's Island. It turns Governor's Island into a collaborative art space where each person who attends can interact with each art work (there are so many all around the island). I walked through white silk sheets, painted a picket that became part of an American Dream picket fence maze, had my portrait drawn on the inside of a matchbook by Ohio Mike (see the picture on my blog http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/figment/), added my childhood dream to a copper wire dream tree, threw around multi-colored rose petals, planted a drawing in a doodle garden, and sang music to listeners who sat on a painted bell. Check out more about FIGMENT here: http://figmentproject.org/2010

Here is a new song on the microkorg called "Ways of the World." It's about the world being absurd and the crazy dreams I have where my internal organs are undoing themselves from me. Check it out!

The Chucker just posted an interview with me where I explain things about my Dear Lilith Fair Blog, my Captain Planet Song, the instruments I like to play, and more!! http://wellthatscool.com/thechukker//alysongreenfield

Last night I played lots of new songs at The Studio at Webster Hall in NYC. Here is one of my newest songs on an AUTOHARP, featuring BEATBOXER Chesney Snow!! This song is about traveling on a rope of stars and previously living in a dollhouse.

I am now a musician blogger at the awesome site The WILD Honeypie (http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/) along with other artists such as Savoir Adore, Yawn, Heart Shaped Circles, Caddywhompus, and more! Check out all the musician blogs under "Artist Content." You can also check out The Wild Honey Pie's Buzz Sessions, Reviews, Interviews, and MORE!! You can also go directly to my WILD Honey Pie Blog by clicking here: http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/category/a-day-in-the-life/alyson-greenfield-a-day-in-the-life-featured

I have a new Space Age instrumental song I wrote on my new synthesizer that you can listen to here: http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/space-age-soundtrack/

Future Rock has just released their newest album, "Live in Wicker Park," which includes their remix of my song "Understand the Sky!" Please check out more about the album by clicking here: http://www.futurerock.net/2010/04/28/future-rock-to-release-live-in-wicker-park-on-may-18-2010/

I will be playing my next show at The Studio at Webster Hall in NYC on Monday May 31 at 8pm for the NO COVER MONDAY Show alongside Gina's Picture Show, The Dirty Dishes, and Art Decade. See the "Calendar" section for more details!

Some friends and I got together and wrote an impromptu song about a man who wears a mustache and has a figurine friend! You can enjoy it here:

Get a free download of my song "Human Behavior" and read about how I gave Bjork the Alyson Greenfield Soap here: http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/bjork-soap-dance/

I have a new song on piano and snare drum called "Gag Me With a Spoon." You can listen to it and download it here: http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/gag-me-with-a-spoon/

Here is a video of the first full song I remember writing at 12 years old! It is called "Father and Son" and is about a father putting pressure on his son.

The awesome CAKETEASE blog now has a section called "Sugar and Sound" which combines the site's love for both bakeries and music! Check out the new article/interview which talks about chocolate mint cupcakes, savory vs. sweet, Joss Whedon, Tori Amos, Bjork, my music, and MORE! http://caketease.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/alysongreenfield/

You can check out my new Song Journal inspired by Chris Barron's (lead singer of the Spin Doctors) performance at the Concert for Chile Sunday night! http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/song-journal-1-happy/

The WILD Honey Pie just posted a new review of my music! They say, "Her tracks are mesmerizing.... she's also launched her Dear Lilith Fair blog, complete with title song to highlight all of the reasons why she should be selected for this year's line up. Even without the blog, they're pretty damn clear." Check out the whole review here: http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/?p=3413#more-3413

I have a new song about music being the balm! Check it out here: http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/music-is-the-balm/

I have a new song called "Letter" inspired by Martin Firrell's amazing word projections on buildings! With the advent of Twitter he found out about the song and wrote to tell me he was digging it! You can listen to/download the song here: http://dearlilithfair2010.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/letter/ and check out Firrell's work here: http://martinfirrell.com

Exciting News! The AMAZING folks at The Left Hand just introduced an Alyson Greenfield Soap (Rosemary and Peppermint)! Please visit http://www.thelefthand.net/ to check out the Alyson Greenfield Soap, and all of their wonderful soaps, salves, balms, scrubs, and more!!

The awesome Women'sRadio.com wrote a feature about me at SXSW! Check it out here: http://www.womensradio.com/articles/SXSW-2010%3A-Alyson-Greenfield--Live-and-Unplugged-on-6th-St./4737.html