Lara Downes

Artist/Amplifier. Celebrating the "musical kaleidoscope of America"

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Out TODAY on @PENTATONEmusic 🙌🏽🗽
I am so thrilled and thankful that this music is meeting a transformative and hopeful American moment. #vote

[PENTATONE @PENTATONEmusic]

‘This Land’ is a powerful and soulful reflection on the kaleidoscopic diversity of stories and journeys that have converged and collided throughout American history, from an artist renowned for her musical explorations off the beaten path.

Listen here:
🎶https://t.co/m34ato4gyc

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Tonight on @classicalcal - a tribute to @abesmuse 💔
Some of the spectacular recordings he produced incl @JoshuaBellMusic @tf3 @StevenIsserlis @SFConservMusic @sdinnerstein & many more.
A life and a love for music that were unparalleled. Please listen on air or online 8pm PT🫶🏽

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize at that time.

He later donated the prize money of $54,123, to furthering the civil rights movement.

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Another beautiful tribute to the life and light of our beloved Adam Abeshouse, from @WBUR @hereandnow 📻
Listen to the full segment: https://t.co/tLHr8aw5Jp

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

In celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, I’m featuring this wonderful piece by the Diné composer Michael Begay tonight on my @classicalcal
Evening Show 📻

ADÉIHOZHDÍLZIN / KNOW WHO YOU ARE🏜️from my @PENTATONEmusic album THIS LAND

#classicalmusic #IndigenousPeopleDay

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Our beloved Adam spent the final year of his life making beautiful things, including these recordings which reflect his extraordinary passion & brilliance.
You can listen to them at https://t.co/a92lCb3IJX

For your GRAMMY® consideration:
💙ADAM ABESHOUSE: PRODUCER OF THE YEAR💙

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

For anyone out there who thinks your vote doesn't matter, let Jeanie be an example to all of us of the power of your vote. Don't take your vote, or your voice, for granted. Happy 104th birthday, Jeanie! https://t.co/t887H7j2Rw

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

A commala for #Kamala🗽🇱🇷
@KamalaHQ @musicianskamala
#Kamala4President2024

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Proud to be an Artist Ambassador for @HeadCountOrg 🗳️
Some voter registration deadlines coming up
THIS WEEK!
🗽🇱🇷
#vote #Democracy

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

It’s a nice weekend to listen to #Grammy submissions while cleaning my closet. Out with the old 👗👚🧣👖, and IN with wonderful new music!
THIS LAND on @PENTATONEmusic is #FYC : Best Classical Compendium & Producer of the Year: Adam Abeshouse 🫶🏽

https://t.co/HT3lK4M9Rc

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

It was an honor & a joy to celebrate the life, love, light & legacy of our extraordinary producer & friend Adam Abeshouse. A music legend & a central presence in our lives, a great artist & the best, kindest, most generous human being we’ll ever know. 
https://t.co/Qo8W7bP4vl

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

The newest episode of @nprmusic @classicalcal AMPLIFY features visionary poet @aja_monet
in a conversation that found both of us navigating currents of loss and grief, on our way to deeper understandings.
Catch aja in Chicago this wknd at @ThaliaHallChi

https://t.co/cKefEHdy0H

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

So sorry to have to do this, but I need to listen to the body (Note to self: 🚫 sea kayaking 🤕)
I’ll see you Jan 15 at @JoesPub to celebrate my @PENTATONEmusic album THIS LAND w co-host-with-the-most @JohnHMcWhorter & special guests @Theo_Bleckmann & @vuyosotashe 🫶🏽

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Quick note: for those of you who are young artists or current students: I’m about to share some thoughts about career/life/ in an online workshop organized by @iCadenza & @IndianaUniv
Jacobs School of Music

https://t.co/0UFk0GHveG

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

#tbt to when @theobleckmann and I performed @LennyBernstein “Take Care of this House” for the @PasteMagazine sessions and I wore my fuzzy vest🐑
Join us for more American music just right for a time of change, next Thurs 9/26 at @joespub 🗽
https://t.co/NwXZBkwZa2 🎟️

#vote

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Join @JohnHMcWhorter and me at @JoesPub on Thursday 9/26 at 9:30pm for music & conversation about this unpredictable American life, celebrating my new @PENTATONEmusic album THIS LAND, w special guests @Theo_Bleckmann & @vuyosotashe 🎶🗽
Tix https://t.co/NwXZBkxwZA

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

A concert for Kamala TOMORROW, and my NYC album launch - THIS LAND at Joe's Pub 🇺🇸 - https://t.co/L2f70CH4ED

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

Thank you @Spotify 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
Listen to my version of @PaulSimonMusic “America” from my @PENTATONEmusic album THIS LAND on this #playlist 🇺🇸
https://t.co/v4WboUdhCq

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

If you’re voting in the @RecordingAcad please consider this album that reflects on the past, present & future of this land.
A chronicle of a transformative year in my life & our American lives. https://t.co/oA7aop8pYJ
#forward
#change
#vote

[Lara Downes @laradownes]

PLEASE WATCH!!
Thrilled to support Kamala Harris for President on National Voter Registration Day as part of @musicianskamala 🗳️💙
Debuting a new performance of music from my @PENTATONEmusic album THIS LAND 🫶🏽
#vote
RSVP https://t.co/BxRwU6h9v0