Luke Rathborne

Show Description

"A one night only event with a Fanzine favorite Luke Rathborne who is playing with members of The Johnsons of Antony & The Johnsons fame.  Every time I try to to pin down Rathborne with a description, I get thrown a curveball.  But then like Bob Dylan, Lou Reed or Will Oldham, why should you expect anything else but constant haunting, and engaiging development." - Fanzine.com

"strange... melancholic.. Rathborne has assembled a diverse septet of players for this show" - Crazy horse - Village Voice

Luke Rathborne is 20 years old. He moved to New York from the deep woods & shallow waters of Brunswick, Maine in August, 2006, staying on his brother's couch deep inside the upper boroughs, before moving into the darkness of the Charlie Pineapple Theater Company on North 8th, an abandoned theater loft in Brooklyn - he's since left for higher ground, playing and recording music throughout the far reaches and dark corners of the city - even receiving positive reviews from the most staunch and curmudgeon-y of all New York City sources (including an appearance in the NME and last month's Interview Magazine) and has opened for the likes of the Holy Modal Rounders (feat. Sam Shepard) and more. He is currently at work on a full release with members of the Johnsons. (Antony and the Johnsons).

The show itself is a special event that has organized and assembled a handful of New York's finest players in the spirit of presenting new material to the world and hopefully a taste of things to come.