Lou Reed

Lou was featured in New York Magazine this week in their article, “The Ultimate New York Playlist”. Lou holds not one, but three of the 40 spots on the magazine’s list of “the most New York songs written since 1965”.

“Walk on the Wild Side” topped the list as the #2 most NY song, right after Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York”. “I’m Waiting For the Man” came in at #16, and “Coney Island Baby” came in at #34.

To see the full list, and listen to the top 25 songs, go HERE

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On Friday February 5th, 2010, the Fireworks Ensemble performed Ulrich Krieger’s transcription of Metal Machine Music at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University.

The New York Times gave the show an incredible review, saying, “The transcribed ‘Metal Machine Music’ no longer reflects its title. Now it’s more string than metal, and it’s flesh rather than machine. It’s a world away from the original in both execution and intent; it’s social rather than solitary, respectful rather than irritating. But in its own much more formal way, it’s just as maniacal.”

Read the full review HERE

Lou made a guest appearance at the Lucibel Crater show at Joe’s Pub in NYC this past Wednesday February 3rd.

Lucibel Crater is made up of MM3 member, Sarth Calhoun, singer/cellist Leah Coloff and Paul Chuffo on drums.
MM3 saxophonist, Ulrich Krieger, also joined Wednesday’s show as a special guest.

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Last night, Thursday January 21st, Lou performed with the Blind Boys of Alabama on the Late Show with David Letterman. They played the Velvet Underground song, “Jesus”, which appears on the Blind Boys’ album, Duets.

Check out the performance
HERE

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Lou recently collaborated with the world’s biggest animated band, Gorillaz, and the result is the song “Some Kind of Nature”. The song is featured on the Gorillaz’ new album, Plastic Beach, which will be released by Virgin Records on 9 March, 2010.

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Lou and Hal Willner have been gearing up to relaunch their weekly Sirius XM radio show, New York Shuffle. The show will air Saturdays at midnight ET on Sirius XM channel 29, The Loft.

If you want to request songs to be played on the show, please email LouandHal@gmail.com

The program features music that runs the gamut from jazz to vintage rock, and everything in between. As Lou says, “For years, I’ve always been a fan of eclectic radio, such as FM radio in the past when you could hear stations play widely divergent music, ranging from Rock to Country to Jazz to Opera. I loved the days when DJs who did their own programming set the bar high.“

www.sirius.com/theloft

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Lou will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman next Thursday January 21st, performing with the Blind Boys Of Alabama. They will be playing Lou’s classic Velvet Underground song, ‘Jesus’, which appears on the Blind Boys’ album, Duets.

The Late Show airs at 11:35pm on CBS.

www.blindboys.com

www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show

Lou sat down to talk with his cousin Shirley, on the eve of her 100th birthday…