Laurie Anderson on The Weekend Edition

Tomorrow, Saturday the 22^nd of June, I'll host The Weekend Edition on Monocle 24 as usual. It is going to be a really interesting day. Between 8 and 9, London time I'll be flicking through the stories that have made the papers internationally this week, as well as playing a selection from our global playlist.

At 9 Design Editor Hugo MacDonald selects the week's highlights on “The Curator” and at 10, The Stack celebrates print media with our editor in chief Tyler Brule.

At 11, London time, I'll be back live with an hour of new music, showcasing the tracks joining our Monocle 24 playlist. This week those include Canadian Band Austra who played live at Midori House this week, Dutch band Room Eleven, Spanish singer Buika and some chart topping K-Pop.

The Review at midday focuses on film and then I'm very excited by my guests at 14.00.  

A few weeks ago I was in New York and went to what I believe is one of the most inspirational and creative performance spaces in the city, The Kitchen on West 19^th Street.  It has been going since the 1970s, and for decades has provided a platform for artists to experiment and take unusual creative risks. The Executive Director and Chief Curator is the charming Tim Griffin  who says “The Kitchen is important to the cultural life of New York because at some level it is New York’s soul”.

 I visited the venue to hear about its past and its future, both of which contain the artist Laurie Anderson who began her career at The Kitchen and now serves as a board member. Laurie very graciously hosted me at her Canal Street studios and gave me an insight to the unique venue and also into her unique style. She told me that failing, which she alleges she has done many times, is very important and that when creating new work, nothing quite matches “The God like thrill of making something that no one has ever made before”.

I'll be playing a couple of Laurie Anderson tracks as well as a piece from the Kronos Quartet with whom she is sharing the Barbican stage on June the 28^th.

So a packed Weekend Edition, with news every hour. I hope you can join me for some or all of it.