Category Archives: Mary Halvorson

News items related to guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson.

Best Of 2011 Lists

A complete round-up of all the polls and year-end lists that recognized our clients in 2011

It’s Year-End List Time

Another year is almost in the books, which means it’s time for critics and fans alike to start compiling their best-releases-of-the-year lists. For your reference, here’s a list of our clients’ 2011 recordings.

Mary Halvorson’s Reverse Blue at Cornelia Street Café December 20th

On Tuesday, December 20th at 8:30 p.m., guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with her new quartet, Reverse Blue, at Cornelia Street Café in New York.

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 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 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…

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…

TONY Names Mary Halvorson An Essential New York City Jazz Icon

Time Out New York has released its list of The 25 Essential New York City Jazz Icons and we’re very pleased to report our own Mary Halvorson made the list at number 21. BTW, we’re equally jazzed to see AUM Fidelity recording…

2011 JJA Jazz Awards Nominations

Congratulations to our clients Darcy James Argue (Arranger of the Year, Large Ensemble of the Year), James Falzone (Clarinetist of the Year) and Mary Halvorson (Guitarist of the Year), as well as AUM Fidelity recording artists Darius Jones (Up &…

Mary Halvorson Interviewed At eMusic

Seth Colter Walls’ new interview with guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson is now posted at eMusic. Ms. Halvorson answers questions about the way she describes her music, the differences in her approach when she’s playing in others’ ensembles, what she thinks of…