Alan Semerdjian

And we are young again.  And we are old.  And in between, so much wisdom.  This year my partner of ten years, Melissa, and I had a baby.  It shook open the foundation in the most beautiful of ways.  We…

Daytrotter, Fearless Radio, Great South Bay Music Festival, touring, The Huffington Post, Chris Atamian at Beacon, poetry readings, and love.  That's the news since the last post.  Thankful.

www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com is one of the biggest festivals in the region.  Alan performs on Saturday evening with Andrew Livingston on cello.

For other summer shows, check out the calendar.  Ther's Montreal and Porstmouth and New Paltz and more.

NewSong Recordings partners with New York singer-songwriter Alan Semerdjian to release his forthcoming album ‘Quiet Songs for Loud Times’

by NewSong Music on May 31st, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 31, 2013. Asheville’s NewSong Recordings label is excited to announce…

Ok.  So here I am incredibly honored for a few reasons.

1) Mountain Stage (a pretty fantastic music series affiliated with NPR and good beautiful things of that sort) has this songwriting competition that I've peripherally admired and watched folks…

Working hard with Michael Musmanno in DUMBO (mostly).  Special guests include Mike Bloom, Dave Diamond, Matthew Iselin, Chris Kuffner, and Aram Bajakian.  Trying on the title Quiet Songs for Loud Times right now...feels about right.  Can't wait for you all…

Alan Semerdjian is in the middle of writing songs that will most assuredly be included in a new release...hopefully in 2012.  Look for a west coast tour this summer.  If you haven't read his poetry (a serious lyrical and experimental…

Look for dates with my good friend Mike Bloom in early August + other great gatherings like The Great South Bay Festival and a reading of GenPop authors in NYC in July. It's all on the calendar feed...make sure you…

Big show on Long Island this November. Other than that, it's writing writing writing. See you in the new year! Thank you for the love and support.

Anyone want to host a house/living room concert? Contact me at alan@alanarts.com. Two are in the works already and more to come. Thanks GenPop Books (and all of you who helped make the book what it is) for putting out…

So the music will slow down for a while, good people. Big thanks for all the great shows of love for The Big Beauty over the past few months. After the October 30th fundraiser for the AGBU at NYC's Canal…

What a summer so far. The Big Beauty Summer Tour is grand...big shows and small shows and a few in between. Seeing great friends along the way always is a plus too. Thanks to Portland, Maine Community Radio (Jeff!) and…