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The Left Banke will be performing two concerts in New England Fourth of July Weekend.
On July 6 the group will be performing at Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Road, in Londonderry, at 8 PM. Admission is $35. The venue phone is 603-437-5100.
On the 7th of July, hear the Left Banke live at Infinity Hall, Route 44, 20 Greenwoods Road, in Norfolk, at 8 PM. Tickets are $40. and $45. The venue phone is 860-542-5531.
The Left Banke have been acknowledged as forerunners of the musical style known as “Baroque Pop." This genre has found a resurgence with new artists including The Shins, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, plus Belle and Sebastian (who in their interviews have cited the Left Banke repeatedly, as major influences on their music.)
Originally formed in New York City in 1965, the group came to prominence with the orchestral and melodic “Walk Away Renee," which featured a harpsichord and a string quartet. “Walk Away Renee” was shopped to every major label, and turned down by all except Smash, a subsidiary label of Mercury Records. It charted in 1966, reaching #5 on the Billboard charts. The follow up single, “Pretty Ballerina" was cited by Leonard Bernstein (Conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and brilliant composer of many musicals including WEST SIDE STORY and CANDIDE), who played “Pretty Ballerina on piano for his CBS-TV special, INSIDE POP - THE ROCK REVOLUTION, in which he stated, “The Left Banke and 'Pretty Ballerina' are an example of what good pop music can be."?
Two albums were released: WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA and THE LEFT BANKE TOO.
Bad management and poorly-planned tours broke up the group in 1968.
Through the years, the music of The Left Banke has gained legions of new fans and a lot of newfound credibility, as evident by
On July 6 the group will be performing at Tupelo Music Hall, 2 Young Road, in Londonderry, at 8 PM. Admission is $35. The venue phone is 603-437-5100.
On the 7th of July, hear the Left Banke live at Infinity Hall, Route 44, 20 Greenwoods Road, in Norfolk, at 8 PM. Tickets are $40. and $45. The venue phone is 860-542-5531.
The Left Banke have been acknowledged as forerunners of the musical style known as “Baroque Pop." This genre has found a resurgence with new artists including The Shins, The Decemberists, Regina Spektor, plus Belle and Sebastian (who in their interviews have cited the Left Banke repeatedly, as major influences on their music.)
Originally formed in New York City in 1965, the group came to prominence with the orchestral and melodic “Walk Away Renee," which featured a harpsichord and a string quartet. “Walk Away Renee” was shopped to every major label, and turned down by all except Smash, a subsidiary label of Mercury Records. It charted in 1966, reaching #5 on the Billboard charts. The follow up single, “Pretty Ballerina" was cited by Leonard Bernstein (Conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and brilliant composer of many musicals including WEST SIDE STORY and CANDIDE), who played “Pretty Ballerina on piano for his CBS-TV special, INSIDE POP - THE ROCK REVOLUTION, in which he stated, “The Left Banke and 'Pretty Ballerina' are an example of what good pop music can be."?
Two albums were released: WALK AWAY RENEE/PRETTY BALLERINA and THE LEFT BANKE TOO.
Bad management and poorly-planned tours broke up the group in 1968.
Through the years, the music of The Left Banke has gained legions of new fans and a lot of newfound credibility, as evident by
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