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Painting of Nora by Jerry Kearns "The Blimp! the blimp!"
"Ingenious ...radical.... extravagant talent... York is the Avant-garde diva...This daring vocalist and conceptualist is able to turn her ruminations into fascinating musical explorations. York is sure to take it to parts un-dreamed of.”
The New Yorker
Since emerging from New York’s Knitting Factory jazz scene in the late `90s, Nora York has ignored musical boundaries. She has no use for the words "musical genre." ...York stands tall and proud at the intersection of Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Jane Siberry and Norah Jones. ...” Billboard Magazine
Welcome to the official Nora York website. You can purchase (in one click)
WHAT I WANT & ALCHEMY (recent Nora York CDs by download or mail)
LISTEN to the new project JUMP in development for stage by clicking on the painting above or go to the radio section.
LISTEN or DOWNLOAD POWER/PLAY the collage mash-up, five years in the making, that is a tmusical response to the Bush Doctrine. FREE!
Find all sorts of ancient recordings and photos...
and please trust that we will never use your email address for anything... really.
www.jerrykearns.com
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| NORA YORK AWARDED NYSCA COMPOSERS COMMISSON FOR FURTIVA LAGRIMA!! |
Nora York received a 2009 Composers Commission from the New York State Council on the Arts for her NYFA sponsored music theater project JUMP. Jump is in development at The Public Theater is New York city. With Puccini’s Tosca as the armature, York is collaborating with playwright David Greenspan, director JoAnne Akalaitis, arranger/orchestrator Jamie Lawrence, and artist Kiki Smith to realize a full theatrical production. The cast includes Nora York and actor Karen Kandel along with singers Kevin Burdette ( bass) and Andrew Drost (tenor).
Click above on the "radio" button to listen.
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| What I Want |
Click here to purchase WHAT I WANT* Cd or download. (*limited addition)
(also you can purchase a download only version of a rare recording of the CD ALCHEMY co-written with ArtistShare composer Maria Schneider.) |
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| POWER/PLAY LIVE WEBCAST and much more! |
LISTEN here! POWER/PLAY available free. click
"War, Inequality and the abuse of authority are also on Nora York's mind these days; unlike most of us, though, this daring vocalist and conceptualist is able to turn her ruminations into fascinating musical explorations. Her latest POWER/PLAY uses Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" as its jumping off point; York takes it to parts un-dreamed of. "
-- The New Yorker --
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| MUSIC for FILM and TV |
Hear here ... Nora York's recent music for films and TV... From the title song of a new German TV show (written and directed by Doris Dorrie! ) to songs for the ABC show BROTHERS AND SISTERS. Click on the radio and listen.
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| POWER/PLAY WNYC radio 10/16/07 |
WNYC's John Schaefer speaks with Nora about POWER/PLAY ...
"Improvising Chanteuse Nora York offers a timely revival of POWER/PLAY, a haunting progression of songs leading from post World war TWO optimism to the turmoil of Viet Nam, and onward to our current malaise.
-Time Out New York-
Post Modern Chanteuse unveils POWER/PLAY which cleverly re-arranges and interweaves anti-war pieces by the likes of Bob Dylan.
-The Daily News- |
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| CONCERTS EVENTS YOU CAN BOOK! |
Furtiva Lagrima ( secret tear)
Power/Play: All Work and No Play
What I Want
I Dreamed I Saw: The music of Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Foster
listen to the radio for samples |
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| Artist JERRY KEARNS ( and husband) |
| My husband Jerry Kearns is a wonderful painter Click this link to see images... also our collaborative music/video is on youtube! You are on your own to find that. |
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