This March sees the national roll-out of Get It Loud In Libraries. The award
winning programme of live music in public libraries, which has witnessed incendiary
performances from critically acclaimed artists as Adele, Bat For Lashes and Florence
+ The Machine, reverberate amongst the traditionally quiet bookshelves. Kicking off
the month of music will be the talented 16 year old pop starlet, Daisy Dares You,
who is seen as the perfect act to launch the UK franchise.
Get It Loud In Libraries originates from libraries in Lancashire, where the tiny
stage has showcased the talents of The Blackout, British Sea Power and Juliette
Lewis. The project was conceived by Stewart Parsons of Lancashire Libraries to
allow more relevant cultural access to libraries for young people who love music
but don’t necessarily use libraries, and is proving a popular original format for
delivering the traditional library brief to entertain, inform and educate.
Get it Loud in Libraries encourages everyone to get involved, so if you or your
library would like to take part, the Get it Loud in Libraries toolkit offers a
step-by-step guide to staging live music events in public libraries.
In the Get it Loud guide there’s plenty of information about booking and all the other things a live venue should know about.
Most of the clips of live music in libraries have been pop and rock music so far. Now, here’s something different. It’s piano player Dennis Plutalov, who performs at the Orlando Public Library.
If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
Enjoy the soft rock stylings of Dave McIntyre as the singer/songwriter performs live at the Orlando Public Library in Orlando, Florida. For more information, videos, and events, visit http://www.ocls.info and visit Dave McIntyre on the web at http://myspace.com/davemcintyremusic
If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
The 14th library gig I found is a special one. It’s not only in a library. The band members happen to be librarians. Of course: librarians who are cool enough to play “Wipe out” in their library are bloggers, too. At least two of them. My recommendation: Read those two postings (1, 2) and listen to the Audacious Bibliosophs aka QC and the Sunshine Band:
There happens to be a large amount of musicians on staff at the Queen Creek Branch Library. A while back we decided to get together, form a band, and then play for a programme during our summer reading time! Holly leads things off by telling the kiddos that learning a musical instrument takes time and then we get into the thick of things with filked renditions of Tequila (Queen Creek Library Rocks), Wipe Out, Hang On Sloopy (Hang On Library), Margaritaville (Summer Reading Time), and What a Wonderful World.
If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
Most of the library gigs I found so far took place in the USA. Here we’ve got one from Greece. 2L8 performed part I & II of a song with the excellent title “Excuse Me, but I Just Have to Explode” in the Serres Public Central Library. I didn’t find evidences that the building was destroyed by 2L8’s explosion.
If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
The Greens of Mind live on June 8, 2009 at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA playing “Escaping From Alcatraz” as part of “Acoustic Evenings at The Athenaeum with Jefferson Jay” series.
If you find nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
Live gigs in the library seems to be almost always been held by musicians who like to play soft and quiet. Mika Miko, a punk rock band from Los Angeles, USA, like it hard and loud and they proved that on April 20th, 2008 in the Los Angeles Central Library.
I’m not really sure if this song is called “Wild Bore” or “Capricorinations”. Los Angeles punk rock librarians, can you help me? And if you find other nice clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
No Age call themselves a experimental / powerpop / punk band (at least on MySpace). On April 20th, 2008 they performed live at the Los Angeles Central Library.
Live in the library obviously doesn’t have to be nice and quiet.
If you find other clips of live gigs in libraries please tell me in the comments! All songs will be tagged with “live in the library“.
