Linda Perry and Stella Rose, Kneecap and Actress to Headline 2024 Tribeca Festival Music Lounge
Written by djfrosty on May 2, 2024
The Music Lounge series at this year’s Tribeca Festival will present a typically eclectic group of performers taking the stage at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right next month. The series will kick off on June 6 with a show by British electronic act Actress (Darren Cunningham) playing selections from his recent LXXXVIII album, along with a set from New York native ,multi-instrumentalist/Onyx Collective founder Isaiah Barr performing his audiovisual project The Red Zone.
Night two (June 7) will spotlight a collaboration between Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Linda Perry and Stella Rose (daughter of Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan), tied to the world premiere of the documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here; Rose and the Dead Language were the winners of the Tribeca Music Lounge’s Battle of the Bands in 2022.
“This year’s music films showcase a wide variety of artists and genres, and we sought to bring diversity to our Music Lounge through unique events,” Vincent Cassous, Tribeca Curator of Music Programming, said in a statement. “There is something for every music fan on our lineup, from pop to experimental.”
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The line-up for the third night (June 8) will feature a tribute to late Psychic TV frontperson Genesis P-Orridge in conjunction with the world premiere of S/He Is Still Her/e – The Official Genesis P-Orridge Doc. Among the acts slated to perform in honor of the pioneering electronic artists are: CHRISTEENE, Bauhaus’ David J and members of Psychic TV (Alice Genese, Jeff Berner, Douglas Rushkoff and Randy Schrager), plus special guests and a PTV-acid house DJ set from Paul McCartney DJ Chris Holmes.
The series will wind up on June 9 with an intimate performance from Irish language hip-hop duo Kneecap in conjunction with the New York premiere of their self-titled musical film, described as a look at a “post-Troubles Belfast when the rap trio erupted as a defiant champion of the Irish language and potent symbol of Ireland’s disenfranchised youth.”
This year’s festival will also feature docs about Avicii, Liza Minnelli, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Carl Craig, Harry Belafonte, “Little” Steven Van Zandt and Ani DiFranco, among others.
In addition, the Storytellers series will feature R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe and Jon Batiste in conversation discussing Nat King Cole and a 40th anniversary celebration of landmark hip-hop film Beat Street with an introduction by Nas. This year’s festival, which runs from June 5-16, will also present the first-ever North American screening of the remastered 4K edition of the animated musical inspired by Daft Punk’s Discovery album, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.