KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ New Music America: 1981: Selections from “United States” by Laurie Anderson, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
NMA.1981.06.13.1.c1.AProgram Series
New Music AmericaProgram Length
52 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1981-06-13 | broadcast| 1981-06-13 | created
Description
From a recording made on June 13, 1981 in San Francisco, as part of the New Music America Festival, Laurie Anderson performs selections from her epic work “United States”. Laurie Anderson was born in 1947 in Chicago and received her MFA in sculpture from Columbia University. As a performance and recording artist, she has worked with film-sound-talking pieces for many years, performing at the La Jolla Museum, the Berlin Festival, and various other places in the U. S. and Europe. In this concert she performs a number of pieces including versions of songs that were later included on her famous “rock” album “Big Science”. The atmosphere was electric, the appreciative audience was eclectic, and the resulting concert was nothing short of extremely effective entertainment.Genres
Performance ArtNew music
Musical Selections
From the Air (2:08) -- Beginning French (1:59) -- O Superman (9:55) -- Talkshow (6:34)Performers
Laurie Anderson, voice, violin, keyboard, electronicsRoma Baran, keyboard
Subjects
Performance artNew music
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Rock music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
New Music America (Festival)Anderson, Laurie, 1947-
Baran, Roma