Backstage at Sundance : Live_Performances

Oscar Win for Once's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

amy brock — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:12:00 GMT

Angela LoSasso
Web Content Manager, Imaging and Printing Group, U.S.

Congratulations to Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for their Oscar win tonight for Best Song, "Falling Slowly" from the film Once (the 2007 Sundance World Cinema Audience Award winner).

HP has a special place in its heart for Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, as they were gracious enough to give HP a live performance of this Oscar-winning song on a snowy January day during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Take a look and listen.

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Quincy Coleman & band perform live at Sundance 2008

amy brock — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:05:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

This Quincy is one cool cat.
Her song "Afraid" was featured in the academy award winning film "Crash".
More recently her song "Give it Away" can be heard in the Keri Russel film "Waitress".

Her dusky vocals and rustic, bold style are modern yet classic.

Ms. Coleman was accompanied by Jeff Pearlman on guitar and Stuart Cole (a brave trumpeter... can you imagine playing a trumpet at thirteen degrees).

They treated HP to an exclusive performance at the crossroads of Sundance, off Heber & Main.

QUINCY COLEMAN LIVE AT SUNDANCE 2008

Quincy Coleman Website

Rooftop, fireside performance by The Submarines

amy brock — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:17:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

Red-hot L.A. band, The Submarines perform an exclusive new song called Swimming Pool.

The song will appear on their upcoming album Honeysuckle Weeks on Nettwerk Records.

The Submarines (Blake Hazzard & John Dragonetti) sat down fireside, on the rooftop of the posh Sky Lodge, in Park City. Overlooking the lights of Sundance and the surrounding snowy peaks they treated us to this sweet tune.

WATCH THE SUBMARINES PERFORM LIVE AT SUNDANCE

Hear more music from The Submarines on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/thesubmarinesmusic

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The band Califone performs live at Sundance 2008

amy brock — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:24:00 GMT

Califone performs live at Sundance

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

HP is a proud sponsor of New Frontier on Main, a social and creative space that showcases artist installations, live performances, and thought provoking panels.

New Frontier on Main is one interesting, avant garde place. Think technology meets modern art.

One of the most interesting acts here is a multimedia performance by animator Brent Green and the band Califone.

The performance, called God Builds like Frank Lloyd Wright, is a rustic, swirling, rich netherworld thanks to Green's unique animation style and Califone's post-Americana sounds.

Before their show on that Sunday night, we asked the members of Califone to perform for us.

In a quiet but cold back alley, just off of Main street, they treated us to an amazing ballad called Orchid.

CALIFONE LIVE AT SUNDANCE 2008

PHOTOS FROM THE SESSION:

Califone performs on Jan 21, 2008

Jim Becker

Tim Rutili

Filmmaker Michel Gondry on the Drums - at his own Premiere Party

amy brock — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:40:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director - HP Newsgram

The French love Jazz. And they play it well.

French filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Science of Sleep) surprised the crowd at his own premiere party on Sunday. People had gathered to celebrate the premiere of his new film "Be Kind, Rewind," and were treated to a surprise performance by the film's director/screenwriter.

He was also accompanied by a fantastic French piano player (who’s name we failed to get). The two played several traditional jazz songs for the delighted onlookers.

There’s a big buzz about Mr. Gondry’s new film Be Kind, Rewind. The film stars Jack Black and Mos Def as video store clerks who, through a freak accident, end up erasing their rental tapes. To make up for the lost movies, they recreate popular films like Ghostbusters, Driving Miss Daisy and Robocop themselves.

See Michel Gondry play the drums and more, in the popular HP Commercial.

Listen to Music from Once

amy brock — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:28:00 GMT

Kate Sheofsky
Web Content Manager

Once, this year’s Sundance World Cinema Audience Award winner, was released in select U.S. cities May 16, 2007.

This modern musical, directed by Ireland’s John Carney, has been gaining attention around the globe for performances by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. At the Sundance Film Festival in January, HP asked the pair to sing a duet and they gladly obliged.

While the film may not have made it to your hometown yet, you can hear more music by purchasing the soundtrack from Columbia Records.

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Dana Parish and Andrew Hollander give an exclusive performance for Backstage@Sundance with HP

amy brock — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:39:00 GMT

Karen Cage
IPGA Events and Sponsorships Program Manager

Although the official title is the “Sundance Film Festival”, Sundance features more than just films. On Thursday afternoon I made my second visit to the ASCAP Music Café. (The first was a performance by Simon Townshend.) There, musicians - many from festival films - perform short sets and chat with the audience in a casual atmosphere.

I originally went to hear Glen Hansard and Marketa Iglova. I loved their movie “Once”, and their brief performance following the movie screening left me hungry for more. I was not disappointed, and I’m sure you won’t be either when you listen to the exclusive performance that they gave for HP.

As great as they were, my true Sundance surprise came when I arrived early and caught the performance of Dana Parish with her writing/performing partner/husband Andrew Hollander. I took piano lessons for 8 years and have always said that if I could have one talent in the world, I would love to be able to belt out a song. In Dana and Andy, you get the best of both worlds. Andy is an amazing pianist. He scored the Adrienne Shelly film “Waitress” which premiered at Sundance and was just picked up by Fox Searchlight. He also scored “Gray Matters”, a movie starring Heather Graham, Sissy Spacek and Molly Shannon, which premieres in February 2007.

Dana has a voice that will fill the crevices of your soul. Her high notes are unbelievably strong, and her low notes are more intimate than a whisper. I’m not an expert. I’m not a critic. I just love beautiful music, and I found Dana and Andy to be mesmerizing and engaging. Check them out for yourself in their private performance at the Riverhorse on Main.

For more information or to purchase Dana’s debut CD “It was Beautiful” go to http://www.cdbaby.com/danaparish or visit her MySpace.

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Live duet performance by the stars of the film Once - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

amy brock — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:15:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram

[Editor's Note: Since we first filmed the exclusive duet with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the film "Once" was recognized with The World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. If you haven't queued up the duet yet, we strongly encourage you to do so. And when the film hits a theater near you, we suggest you get in line as soon as possible!]

One of the most popular films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is Once. It’s a unique pseudo-musical story about a Dublin busker (Glen Hansard) and an immigrant Czech rose-peddler (Marketa Irglova) who meet and make beautiful music together.

The two leads of the film, the curly-haired and witty Hansard and the shy yet complex Irglova, are a breed apart because they’re full-time musicians who were asked to star in a feature film.

This double talent (acting & singing) provides them with double exposure at Sundance as they play music gigs almost every night, while their film Once plays during the day. (In fact they even got up on stage after their film premiere and melted the audience with a melodic duet. Some people are calling this one of the finest moments in this year’s festival).

Their double talent might be why the press can’t get enough of them, and you can’t walk 10 paces without seeing a photo of Hansard (who’s also in the popular Irish band The Frames).

HP has been proud to feature the musical side of Sundance this year, and we invited Hansard & Irglova to sing a duet for us. When they accepted, we were excited overjoyed.

With a calm ease, Hansard and Irglova joined us in a snowy groove of trees outside festival headquarters. Glen unpacked his beat-up, yet charming, guitar and microphones were applied to their lapels.

When our soundman asked them to sound check, in an instant they broke into a full-fledged refrain from one of their hit songs, and it literally made me weak in the knees – the sound of their voices being so powerful and lush. I was in awe.

About halfway through the performance several songbirds hovered then landed on a branch, just above Hansard’s head and sang along.

See their myspace page – The Swell Season

(* Special thanks to Belinda Tijerina, David Llamas, Venita Hawkins-Bird and Jim Smith who saw Hansard & Irglova perform at ASCAP’s Music Café.)

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Singer Alexi Murdoch performs for HP!

amy brock — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:31:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram

It’s not all cinema at Sundance. Everywhere you turn there’s live music bounding into the streets.

Earlier this week, HP got an exclusive alley-side live performance with Simon Townshend. This time the soothing and sophisticated Alexi Murdoch croons over Main Street at dusk.

We met with Alexi, expecting a few questions for an interview. We arrived just before his sound check for a performance at a local club. We asked him if he’d like to do a live song instead.

The club was in a dank, dark basement so we headed up a few flights to a veranda that overlooked Main and 4^th streets here in Park City. With bustling traffic and interested crowds gathering below, Alexi provided us with this intimate and soothing performance.

About Alexi Murdoch (from Wikipedia):

Alexi Murdoch is a London-born, Scottish-bred, singer-songwriter. He came to the U.S. to study philosophy at Duke University. His self-published EP, Four Songs, was released in 2002. Murdoch's newest album, Time Without Consequence, was released on June 6, 2006.

Rolling Stone Magazine named Alexi as a “Top Ten Artist to Watch” (9/21/07).

His song Orange Sky has been used in a number of television and movie productions, including The OC, House, MD, Prison Break and Ladder 49. The same song was also featured in the movie Garden State, although it did not appear on the official soundtrack.

Want to hear more of his music:

>> See Alexi’s MySpace Page it has several songs
>> Hear a live performance on NPR
>> Hear a live performance on KCRW.com

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram

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Exclusive Simon Townshend Impromptu Performance

amy brock — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:10:00 GMT

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram

When we say “Backstage at Sundance” we mean it. Simon Townshend is the brother of Pete Townshend, the legendary lead guitarist for The Who. He’s an amazing singer-songwriter and is visiting Sundance to perform at the ASCAP Music Café (Star Bar @ 268 Main St. – he plays Sunday & Monday).

We met up with Simon for an interview, but something much more exciting happened. Being the artist that he is, Simon speaks through verse. “How about a song?” he asked.

See his amazing impromptu performance here.

Next thing we know, we’re out in the snow in a back alley off Main Street. Simon, with guitar in hand, is stopping traffic and drawing a crowd, as he belts out an amazing acoustic number -- all while the snow falls softly on his shoulders and on the camera lens.

Info about Simon Townshend:

Simon Townshend has been recording and performing music since he was 9 years old, and he has independently produced and released five critically acclaimed CDs. Go to Simon's website for more details.

Matthew Caldwell
Creative Director, HP Newsgram

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