Laurie Anderson

The composer and performer Laurie Anderson was so taken with Moby-Dick, she composed a strange, cool, modern opera called Songs and Stories from Moby-Dick. Anderson tells us how Melville hooked her in the first few pages. Thanks to KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Laurie Anderson claims to have hitchhiked to the North Pole, and lived to tell about it. She's a keen observer of the human condition and has a knack for turning her experiences into riveting multi-media performances, combining visual arts, music, storytelling, film, video, and electronic media into an artform uniquely ...

The Next Big Thing looks back at 2001. You won't find any Ten Best or Worst lists here. Instead, we've got a collection of voices strange, wonderful and thought-provoking, that capture just a few of New York City's many pulses in the past year - both before and after September ...

Author Madhur Jaffrey speaks with fellow South Asians, some of whom are being targeted in misplaced acts of revenge. Musician Laurie Anderson offers one artist's response to the attack on the World Trade Center. A poem that's been making the rounds on the Internet, and a classic essay that now ...

WNYC-FM celebrates its 50th anniversary with a special concert live from Alice Tully Hall. Twelve composers present world premiere pieces inspired by Pulitzer Prize awarded poet John Ashbery. Composer works are by Laurie Anderson, Milton Babbitt, Sergio Cervetti, John Corigliano, Anthony Davis, Philip Glass, Morton Gould, Robin Holcomb, Tania León, Peter Schickele, Raphael Mostel, and Joan Tower.