Friends, I’ve got three brand new songs out now. Each is a current musical strand I’ve been tugging at for a while now. Among them we have a new piece for solo piano, a fresh Cowboy Sadness adventure, and the first track from a new collaboration I’ve been cooking up with fiddler Stephanie Coleman. I’m so excited to share these songs with all of you.
The trio of tunes come as part of the Across the Horizon compilation, organized by the man himself Bob Holmes of the Ambient Country podcast (and said genre torchbearers SUSS) and Northern Spy Records. Stream the comp (including these three new songs) here - lnk.to/acrossthehorizon-1 and subscribe to the full series on Bandcamp to acquire the vinyl. Some sweet fellow curators on the project include William Tyler, David Harrington, & Marisa Anderson. A delight to be included in such storied company.
David Moore - Bleeding, KS Cowboy Sadness - Seltzer David Moore & Stephanie Coleman - Diamond Shoals
Surprise! I get to share some NEW MUSIC today – a longform piece for stretched piano and pump organ called Butterfly Gardens – landing at this very moment on Bandcamp - bingruth.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-gardens
One day near the end of winter, I was teetering at the edge of myself – struggling to keep my heart in one piece. So I went to where I usually go when I need to quiet my mind, a small slice of a park near the expressway called Butterfly Gardens.
Sitting with headphones, I stumbled into a pair of recordings I’d made almost five years earlier, the last time things felt this intensely difficult. I sat there listening, and was reminded why I’d stashed them away – they felt incomplete. Now I was struck with how to finish them. I rushed home to the pump organ and recorded this pair of, I suppose, duets with that me of five years ago. In some surprising way we were able to comfort each other across half a decade. It was far out.
The process for putting together a longer piece of music for me is usually measured in years, but finishing this happened very fast and very instinctually. I hope you enjoy it. It’s the closest thing to purely ambient music I’ve made in a long time. For now, this one is only for digital purchase at Bandcamp (where it’s Bandcamp Friday today). It’s also streaming on youtube via a couple of verrrrrry chill videos, watch those @davidmooreforever
HUGE thank you to Nicholas Principe + People Teeth, who heard what I was up to and jumped swiftly on a transformative mix and master. Thanks as well to Brian and Kelli, who built the machine (Monome Grid) I used to stretch and sequence the piano. Thanks finally to my wife Stephanie, who took that polaroid of me moments after the recording was through, and just generally for everything else she is, and everything she is to me. And thanks to all of you. As it turns out, this is the first release solely under my own name in quite a long time, and it feels like just now a beginning. DM
Friends. I started Bing & Ruth two decades ago, and it’s been such a deep privilege to collaborate with so many talented and kind people over the years – and of course to share it all with you. We’ve taken it waaaaaay farther than I ever thought possible.
But, as time has gone by, the direction I’ve wanted to go musically has, more and more, pushed up against the boundaries of what that band had become to me. So, starting with the albums I made with Steve Gunn I began using my real name. It was nice. It felt more honest. I’m going to keep doing it.
I’m not done leading Bing & Ruth, and I’m probably not done writing records under that name, but it’s never felt more important for me personally and artistically to chart a new course. I say all this because it feels like I need to acknowledge the change that’s been underway for some time, and because I’m going to start rearranging some of the digital furniture over the next bit. On that note, head over and subscribe to @davidmooreforever , my new YouTube channel for all things under my namesake. And keep yer eyes and ears peeled – something’s coming…
My collaborative album with guitarist Steve Gunn ‘Let the Moon Be a Planet’ enters the world in full today. You can now stream it, download it, or purchase the LP/CD via the retailer of your preference: lnk.to/rvngnl99. We’re so proud of this record and thrilled to be working with RVNG Intl for its release.
To mark the occasion Steve and I are down in Knoxville, TN today to perform our first concert together at the storied Big Ears Festival. Then in a few days we kick off a small European run of shows, shortly followed by performances in New York City and Philadelphia. All dates and ticket links can be found here: bingandruth.com/live
I’m jazzed to share that this summer I’ll be doing a solo piano performance at Oblivion Access, a genre-bending festival in Austin, TX. The show is with Giles Corey on June 18 and tickets for the fest can be acquired here: link.dice.fm/nf3526ae49d5
It's an exciting morning! The audio + video for “Painterly,” another song from Let the Moon Be a Planet my collaborative album with Steve Gunn out March 31 on RVNG Intl, were released.
The video was once again filmed completely analog by Jason Evan’s in our beloved Prospect Park in Brooklyn and you can watch it right here, right now.
I’m very excited today to finally announce a new album I’ve been working on for quite some time. “Let the Moon Be a Planet” is a collaboration between myself and the brilliant guitarist Steve Gunn.
To mark the occasion of today’s announcement we’re releasing the first track “Over the Dune” shot by the inimitable Jason Evans. Watch/listen below.
We’re so happy the album will be out on March 31st via our good friends at RVNG Intl. Pre-orders are now live, including a special limited edition (300 copies) seaglass blue LP available on Bandcamp, the RVNG store, and select indie retailers.
We're really excited to announce that we've added some Bing & Ruth headline shows around the April dates we'll be doing with Mono. These shows are the first full band organ shows that we’ll be playing in support of Species and I cannot wait. I hope some of you will be there.
March 29 - Columbus, OH @ Natalie's Grandview* March 30 - Madison, WI @ The Bur Oak* April 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ TURF Club April 2 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall April 3 - Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch April 5 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet April 6 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount April 7 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3s April 8 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom April 9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg April 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts April 11 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java* April 12 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall April 13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl April 14 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe* April 15 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips April 16 - Austin, TX @ Parish April 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge April 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room April 20 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall April 22 - Portland, OR @ Alberta Abbey April 23 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore April 24 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's April 26 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux April 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge April 28 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
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Friends, I’ve got three brand new songs out now. Each is a current musical strand I’ve been tugging at for a while now. Among them we have a new piece for solo piano, a fresh Cowboy Sadness adventure, and the first track from a new collaboration I’ve been cooking up with fiddler Stephanie Coleman. I’m so excited to share these songs with all of you.
The trio of tunes come as part of the Across the Horizon compilation, organized by the man himself Bob Holmes of the Ambient Country podcast (and said genre torchbearers SUSS) and Northern Spy Records. Stream the comp (including these three new songs) here - lnk.to/acrossthehorizon-1 and subscribe to the full series on Bandcamp to acquire the vinyl. Some sweet fellow curators on the project include William Tyler, David Harrington, & Marisa Anderson. A delight to be included in such storied company.
David Moore - Bleeding, KS
Cowboy Sadness - Seltzer
David Moore & Stephanie Coleman - Diamond Shoals
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Surprise! I get to share some NEW MUSIC today – a longform piece for stretched piano and pump organ called Butterfly Gardens – landing at this very moment on Bandcamp - bingruth.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly-gardens
One day near the end of winter, I was teetering at the edge of myself – struggling to keep my heart in one piece. So I went to where I usually go when I need to quiet my mind, a small slice of a park near the expressway called Butterfly Gardens.
Sitting with headphones, I stumbled into a pair of recordings I’d made almost five years earlier, the last time things felt this intensely difficult. I sat there listening, and was reminded why I’d stashed them away – they felt incomplete. Now I was struck with how to finish them. I rushed home to the pump organ and recorded this pair of, I suppose, duets with that me of five years ago. In some surprising way we were able to comfort each other across half a decade. It was far out.
The process for putting together a longer piece of music for me is usually measured in years, but finishing this happened very fast and very instinctually. I hope you enjoy it. It’s the closest thing to purely ambient music I’ve made in a long time. For now, this one is only for digital purchase at Bandcamp (where it’s Bandcamp Friday today). It’s also streaming on youtube via a couple of verrrrrry chill videos, watch those @davidmooreforever
HUGE thank you to Nicholas Principe + People Teeth, who heard what I was up to and jumped swiftly on a transformative mix and master. Thanks as well to Brian and Kelli, who built the machine (Monome Grid) I used to stretch and sequence the piano. Thanks finally to my wife Stephanie, who took that polaroid of me moments after the recording was through, and just generally for everything else she is, and everything she is to me. And thanks to all of you. As it turns out, this is the first release solely under my own name in quite a long time, and it feels like just now a beginning. DM
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Friends. I started Bing & Ruth two decades ago, and it’s been such a deep privilege to collaborate with so many talented and kind people over the years – and of course to share it all with you. We’ve taken it waaaaaay farther than I ever thought possible.
But, as time has gone by, the direction I’ve wanted to go musically has, more and more, pushed up against the boundaries of what that band had become to me. So, starting with the albums I made with Steve Gunn I began using my real name. It was nice. It felt more honest. I’m going to keep doing it.
I’m not done leading Bing & Ruth, and I’m probably not done writing records under that name, but it’s never felt more important for me personally and artistically to chart a new course. I say all this because it feels like I need to acknowledge the change that’s been underway for some time, and because I’m going to start rearranging some of the digital furniture over the next bit. On that note, head over and subscribe to @davidmooreforever , my new YouTube channel for all things under my namesake. And keep yer eyes and ears peeled – something’s coming…
Looking forward to looking forward ❤️
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My collaborative album with guitarist Steve Gunn ‘Let the Moon Be a Planet’ enters the world in full today. You can now stream it, download it, or purchase the LP/CD via the retailer of your preference: lnk.to/rvngnl99. We’re so proud of this record and thrilled to be working with RVNG Intl for its release.
To mark the occasion Steve and I are down in Knoxville, TN today to perform our first concert together at the storied Big Ears Festival. Then in a few days we kick off a small European run of shows, shortly followed by performances in New York City and Philadelphia. All dates and ticket links can be found here: bingandruth.com/live
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I’m jazzed to share that this summer I’ll be doing a solo piano performance at Oblivion Access, a genre-bending festival in Austin, TX. The show is with Giles Corey on June 18 and tickets for the fest can be acquired here: link.dice.fm/nf3526ae49d5
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It's an exciting morning! The audio + video for “Painterly,” another song from Let the Moon Be a Planet my collaborative album with Steve Gunn out March 31 on RVNG Intl, were released.
The video was once again filmed completely analog by Jason Evan’s in our beloved Prospect Park in Brooklyn and you can watch it right here, right now.
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🌘 New song+video w Steve Gunn premieres Tuesday 2/28 @ 10am est over on the RVNG intl. YouTube page. 🌒
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I’m very excited today to finally announce a new album I’ve been working on for quite some time. “Let the Moon Be a Planet” is a collaboration between myself and the brilliant guitarist Steve Gunn.
To mark the occasion of today’s announcement we’re releasing the first track “Over the Dune” shot by the inimitable Jason Evans. Watch/listen below.
We’re so happy the album will be out on March 31st via our good friends at RVNG Intl. Pre-orders are now live, including a special limited edition (300 copies) seaglass blue LP available on Bandcamp, the RVNG store, and select indie retailers.
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OUT TODAY! Species (Solo Piano) EP arrives on all your streaming platforms via 4ad!
Listen here- bingandruth.ffm.to/speciespiano
See you tonight at Le Poisson Rouge NYC.
Tickets- link.dice.fm/hca4d8921744
Doors / 6:30
LEYA / 7:30
B&R (solo) / 8:30
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Hey everyone,
We're really excited to announce that we've added some Bing & Ruth headline shows around the April dates we'll be doing with Mono. These shows are the first full band organ shows that we’ll be playing in support of Species and I cannot wait. I hope some of you will be there.
Tickets are on sale now and are available at bingandruth.com/live.
Bing & Ruth
March 29 - Columbus, OH @ Natalie's Grandview*
March 30 - Madison, WI @ The Bur Oak*
April 1 - Minneapolis, MN @ TURF Club
April 2 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
April 3 - Detroit, MI @ Loving Touch
April 5 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet
April 6 - Montreal, QC @ Theatre Fairmount
April 7 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3s
April 8 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
April 9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
April 11 - Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java*
April 12 - Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
April 13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
April 14 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe*
April 15 - Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
April 16 - Austin, TX @ Parish
April 18 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
April 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
April 20 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
April 22 - Portland, OR @ Alberta Abbey
April 23 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
April 24 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
April 26 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux
April 27 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
April 28 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
* Without Mono
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