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Lincoln Center Out of Doors Kicks Off with NPR Music's Turning the Tables Live
By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 12, 2017
Lincoln Center Out of Doors, one of the country's longest-running free outdoor summer festivals, confirms the lineup of its collaboration with NPR Music for Turning the Tables Live, opening the festival July 26 at the Damrosch Park Bandshell. The evening is a celebration of women's accomplishments as recording artists, producing some of the finest albums of our time. The performance's opening will feature selections from a new popular music canon, with women at its center, performed by acclaimed musicians spanning generations: Ronnie Spector, Nona Hendryx, Alynda Segarra, TORRES, Lizzo, and Gaby Moreno. Rickie Lee Jones will then take the stage to perform her classic album, Pirates, in full.
NPR MUSIC'S TURNING THE TABLES LIVE
Featuring performances by Ronnie Spector, Nona Hendryx, Alynda Segarra, TORRES, Lizzo, and Gaby Moreno, plus Rickie Lee Jones performing her album Pirates in full
Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00 pm
Damrosch Park Bandshell
NPR Music and Lincoln Center Out of Doors join forces to kick off this year's festival with Turning the Tables Live, an evening featuring some of music's most talented women performing songs from NPR Music's upcoming list of the 150 greatest albums created by women during the "classic album era" (defined roughly as 1964 to the present). The concert and list also mark the start of an upcoming, multiplatform NPR Music project, and the first of four Lincoln Center collaborations.
While women often get their due as important performers and trendsetters, to this day they are rarely credited for skills and vision in the recording studio. Turning the Tables sets out to examine what stories remain to be told about women realizing their visions through the album form, acting as pioneers of technology and musical virtuosity, and creating key listening experiences that have been treasured by listeners over multiple generations.
Once published, the list-compiled by a panel of contributors from NPR Music and the public radio system, and encompassing 150 albums with women at their center as artists, songwriters, musicians, and/or producers-will form the basis of monthly radio broadcasts and online features across the NPR system.
Related Event:
Panel Discussion
Shifting the Groove: Creators Discuss the New Canon of Women's Recordings
Shifting the Groove: Creators Discuss the New Canon of Women's Recordings
Tuesday, July 25 at 7:00 pm
David Rubenstein Atrium
LOCATIONS AND INFORMATION:
All events are FREE; no tickets required.
Events take place on Lincoln Center's campus between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, from West 62nd Street to West 65th Street (except where noted). Subway: 1 to 66th Street-Lincoln Center OR the A, B, C, D, and 1 to 59th Street-Columbus Circle.
Visit LCOutOfDoors.org for complete schedule
Performance locations:
DAMROSCH PARK
West 62nd Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
David Rubenstein ATRIUM
Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets
ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER - AMPHITHEATER
144 West 65th Street
HEARST PLAZA / BARCLAYS CAPITAL GROVE
North of the Metropolitan Opera House, in front of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Lincoln Center Theater, near West 65th Street
JOSIE ROBERTSON PLAZA
Main plaza of Lincoln Center, fronting Columbus Avenue, between 63rd and 64th Streets
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