David Garland

David Garland is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer; an audio and radio producer, presenter, programmer, editor, and mixer; an illustrator, photographer, and graphic designer; and a music journalist. His wide-ranging musical activities coalesced in 1980 with his "Control Songs," an on-going project that blends and bends songs and experimentalism. He has performed and recorded his music with Sufjan Stevens, Sean Lennon, Christian Marclay, Ikue Mori, John Zorn, Vashti Bunyan, Meredith Monk, and Iva Bittova, among others, and has released several albums since the mid 1980s. His latest, “Verdancy” on Tall Owl Audio, is over four hours long, and is described as “profoundly deep” (NPR Music), “nothing less than a new world of revelatory music” (Hudson Valley One), “a quiet masterpiece” (Bandcamp Daily), and “the most beautiful evocation of the American landscape I have ever heard” (The Wire). Garland created the music and interview show Spinning On Air on WNYC New York Public Radio in 1987. Spinning On Air—now an independently produced podcast—crosses stylistic boundaries, motivated by curiosity about the artistic process and unusual, original music. Garland’s hundreds of show guests have included musicians from John Cage and John Zorn to Laura Marling, Anohni, Patti Smith, and Paul McCartney; as well as artists, writers, and other cultural figures. https://davidgarland.com/<br>