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Mary Halvorson Quintet At Umbrella Music Festival This Sunday

This Sunday at 10:00 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her acclaimed quintet will close Chicago’s 2011 Umbrella Music Festival with a set at Hungry Brain.

Village Voice Votes Mary Halvorson NYC’s Best Guitarist Of 2011

The Village Voice’s Best of New York 2011 issue is out this week and we’re proud to report our own Mary Halvorson is this year’s Best Guitarist.

Mary Halvorson In Europe With Ches Smith & The Thirteenth Assembly

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will be performing in Europe through the end of the month, first with Ches Smith & These Arches, and then with The Thirteenth Assembly. Ches Smith & These Arches: 10/19 :: Seixal Jazz (Seixal, Portugal) 10/20 :: Seixal Jazz (Seixal,…

Tonight: Mary Halvorson Quintet/Septet At The Stone

Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with three of her own ensembles over the course of next two nights at The Stone in New York. Tonight at 8:00 p.m., she’ll take the stage with the Mary Halvorson Quintet to preview…

Mary Halvorson Quintet To Close The Umbrella Music Festival November 6th

On Sunday, November 6th at 10:00 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her acclaimed quintet will close Chicago’s 2011 Umbrella Music Festival with a set at Hungry Brain. Although she has performed around the city numerous times in collectives and…

Mary Halvorson Coming To The Stone October 14-15th

This October, Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with three of her own ensembles over the course of two consecutive nights at The Stone in New York. On Friday, October 14th at 8:00 p.m., she’ll take the stage with the Mary Halvorson…

Preview The Thirteenth Assembly’s November Release, Station Direct

Village Voice blogger Christopher Weingarten previews The Thirteenth Assembly‘s forthcoming second release, Station Direct (Important Records), in a new post that features a free download of the track, “Prosthetic Chorizo”. Weingarten, who describes the group as “an intricate pile-up of…

Mary Halvorson Featured In Today’s Wall Street Journal

Last month, guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson returned to the studio with her quintet to record the follow-up to the group’s wildly successful debut, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records). Writer Steve Dollar was there to document the entire experience, and the result…

Tonight: Mary Halvorson Quintet At Cornelia Street Café

Tonight at 9:00 and 10:30 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her working quintet, featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, will perform at Cornelia Street Café in New York. These two sets will be the…

2011 DownBeat Critics Poll Results

DownBeat‘s August issue is reaching subscribers now and with it the results of the 59th Annual Critics Poll. We’re very pleased to report that our clients are well represented and in more categories than ever before. AUM Fidelity earned the…