David Harrington There was a recent article in the paper about how ancient redwoods and sequoias are growing faster now than at any other time in their long lives. When I read this I had just begun my first listenings to Yoko Ono's Take Me to the Land of Hell. That's when I began to [...]
For #PEACEDAY, here is my new song CHESHIRE CAT CRY. I revised the lyrics for the version performed on September 15th at my Bowery Ballroom Concert. I love you! yoko CHESHIRE CAT CRY I’m rolling in your dreams Listening to your screams Cheshire Cat Cry The River is dry We the expendable people of the [...]
Dear Yoko, As I promised, this is my ‘Homage to Yoko Ono: Bicycle Piece for Orchestra’, performed by the Niederrheinische Sinfonieorchester Mönchengladbach. (trailer of a 7 minutes film, which is going to be seen in full length for the first time tomorrow at my studio) Do you like it? Love, Norbert Krause Dear Norbert, It's [...]
TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL is the new album by YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND out Sept 17th on CD, vinyl & digital download. TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF HELL features the talents of YOKO ONO, Sean Lennon, Yuka C Honda, Keigo “Cornelius” Oyamada, Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu, Yuko Araki, Nels Cline, tUnE-yArDs, [...]
Yoko Ono & Thurston Moore played 4 Festival dates in August 2013, combining vocals, guitar, drums and spectacular visuals from Yoko and Thurston's film archives. 7 Aug Tranatlantyk Festival, Poznan, Poland Facebook Event 10 Aug Kampnagel Sommerfestival, Hamburg, Germany Facebook Event 18 Aug Huvila Festival, Helsinki, Finland Facebook Event 19 Aug Huvila Festival, Helsinki, Finland [...]
The most important event of the penultimate day of the Polish Transatlantyk Festival 2013 was the grand Closing Gala, held in the Concert Hall of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Jan AP Kaczmarek hosted the entire event with the openness and charm, so typical for him. The culmination of the evening was the presentation [...]
Yoko Ono's legendary performance 'Sky Piece to Jesus Christ' is followed by Yoko Ono doing her 'Action Piece' painting, clearing the air in a scream, and then introducing a 'Promise Piece', in this video from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2013. In Sky Piece to Jesus Christ (1965) the members of a chamber orchestra are [...]
Yoko Ono pays tribute and lays flowers at the Hiroshima Memorial, August 2011. Dear Friends, The 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a tragedy of the greatest magnitude. Even now, 68 years later, many victims of the violence of atomic weapons are still suffering, physically, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. People [...]
By Emma Barnett, The Telegraph. Life as the wife of a Beatle 'never ends', Yoko Ono tells Emma Barnett in a radio interview for Woman's Hour, aired on Tuesday. They discuss John Lennon, her age – she is 80 – and her tireless passion for music. Just who is Yoko Ono and how can she [...]
Yoko Ono poses at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, Feb. 13. 2013. Four days before her 80th birthday the artist opened her exhibition 'Yoko Ono. Half-A-Wind Show' with her own works. The exhibition is open until May 12. (AP Photo/dpa, Arne Dedert) 80-year-old artist and musician looks back at [...]
Today (18 April 2013), ONO soars to the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart with her 10th #1 chart-topping single, HOLD ME featuring Dave Audé with mixes by EDM A-Listers Dave Audé, Ralphi Rosario, R3HAB, Papercha$er, Dirty Loud, Emjae, Rich Morel, Ivan Gomez & Nacho Chapado and Tommie Sunshine. ONO, once again, soars [...]
In her new book ACORN from OR Books, renowned artist and political activist Yoko Ono offers intriguing, enchanting exercises to open our eyes on better ways of relating to ourselves, each other, and the planet we co-habit. Throughout the book are drawings by Yoko, many never before seen. Paperback: $16/£11, Ebook: $10/£7 Print + Ebook: $20/£14. PRE-ORDER [...]
Get tickets here Artystce towarzyszyć będzie Thurston Moore, kultowy amerykański gitarzysta i wokalista zespołu Sonic Youth. Legenda światowej awangardy Yoko Ono, gwiazdą Festiwalu Transatlantyk 2013! Artystce towarzyszyć będzie Thurston Moore, kultowy amerykański gitarzysta i wokalista zespołu Sonic Youth. Na zaproszenie twórcy Festiwalu Transatlantyk - Jana A.P. Kaczmarka, Yoko Ono i Thurston Moore po raz pierwszy [...]
Premiers at The GRAMMY Museum® June 12, 2013 and Tour Selected Cities Through 2014 This one-of-a-kind, limited-run exhibit will offer visitors an unprecedented in-depth look at all aspects of Ringo's musical and creative life - as a musician, artist, actor, and as the man the world knows and loves simply as 'Ringo.' It will also [...]
Sunday February, 17 One of the most daring and influential artists of our time, Yoko Ono, celebrated her eightieth birthday with a sold-out performance to an energetic and hugely responsive crowd at the legendary Volksbühne in Berlin. YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND was led by her son, Sean Ono Lennon, who collaborated with Yoko on [...]
Courtesy Earl J McGehee Yoko Ono art exhibit at GMOA incorporates music by Chelsey Abercrombie, The Red & Black On Feb. 18, Yoko Ono will celebrate her eightieth birthday. One day later, the freshly-minted octogenarian will release her latest single, a dance mix co-written by Ono and Dave Audé. The single’s release date [...]
Hi Everyone FLUXFEST CHICAGO 2013 is just around the corner.... I've sent you the poster / schedule for this year's events (download it here). It's gotten bigger than ever, with over 30 contemporary Fluxus folks gathering from as far away as Belgium and Russia! We'll be performing for 4 days at various locations in Chicago, [...]
Digital download out now: Download from iTunes Download from Chimera Music Store. Limited edition 10" vinyl out now at the Chimera Music Store and all good record stores. All profits go to Rockaway Waterfront Alliance. "We're All Water" "Warrior Woman" (remix) words and music by Yoko Ono, © Onomusic 1972, 1973. In 2010, Yoko Ono [...]
Yoko Ono is one of the most influential artists of our time. On the occasion of her eightieth birthday, the SCHIRN is preparing an extensive retrospective. Through a consideration of characteristic works from the last sixty years, it will showcase the wide variety of media the artist has worked in, and the central themes of [...]
The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery is pleased to present War is for the Living, a group exhibition that brings together thirteen transnational, multiethnic, and intergenerational artists working in various media whose works provoke questions about a world permeated by war. These works underscore the living that comes after war and investigate what [...]