About this Event
Join us for a discussion with Franz Nicolay, author of “Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music” (UT Press).
“Band People” takes a close look at the lives of working musicians who aren't at the center of the stage. The side-of-the-stagers, rhythm and horn sections, backup singers, accompanists — these and other “band people" are the anonymous but irreplaceable character actors of popular music. Through interviews and incisive cultural critique, writer and musician Nicolay provides a portrait of the musical middle class.
Nicolay will be in discussion with author Austin Kleon.
Author signing after the discussion. Books available for purchase courtesy of UT Press.
Franz Nicolay is a writer, musician, and faculty member in music and written arts at Bard College. In addition to records under his own name, he has been a member of World/Inferno Friendship Society and the Hold Steady. He is the author of The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar and the novel Someone Should Pay for Your Pain.
He was a Balkan-jazz quartet Guignol, co-founded the composer-performer collective Anti-Social Music, was a touring member of agit-punks Against Me!; and recorded or performed with dozens of other acts.
Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: , , and . He’s also the author of , a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have been translated into dozens of languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Austin.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library, 710 West Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, United States
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