Ethan Lipton

Show Description

"Hilarious, twisted, sophisticated, schleppy and sad all at once...songs that take the mundane of life and twist it."
-NPR's Weekend Edition

"Sweet melodies, songs that are both intricate and immediate, hilarious moments, heartbreaking moments, a great band, and a charismatic performer up front to deliver it all."
-Popmatters

Ethan Lipton & his Orchestra (“Best Lounge Act,” New York Magazine) present an irreverent song cycle about the demise of a local workplace and the diminishing returns of the American dream.

Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra play an edgy brand of jazz/folk/alternative nosh with a chewy singer-songwriter center. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned frontman Lipton and band mates Eben Levy (guitar), Ian Riggs (bass) and Vito Dieterle(sax) deliver songs steeped in mixed-message sincerity and soul. The band has appeared at Celebrate Brooklyn, MASS MOCA, Bryant Park, the Camden Opera House, and has been featured on NPR and radio stations around the country.  As a playwright, Lipton's work has been produced in New York, LA, Edinburgh (Scotland) and Berne (Austria).