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The Knitting Factory gave its audience poetry readings, performance art, standup comedy, and musicians who transcended the usual boundaries of rock and jazz, often experimental music. The Knitting Factory owners distributed some performances to radio stations, and around 1990 starting a radio show and the record label Knitting Factory Works. [1]
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he founded the Knitting Factory, a New York City music performance venue, and City Winery, a chain of restaurants that feature live music and wine. [1] Dorf is also a philanthropist who hosts many charity events and donates the proceeds of his tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall to various charities.
Since 2021, Knitting Factory's chief executive, Morgan Margolis, and partners Stephen Hendel and John Chapman were locked in a bitter dispute with the venue's co-partners, Joseph Moresco and Lisa ...
1988 The Kitchen NYC, New Music America Miami, NW Artists Workshop, Portland. 1987 Franklin Furnace, The Knitting Factory, NYC, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, New Langton Arts Multidisciplinary Project Grant. 1986 The Art Gym, Portland, On the Boards, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, Dance Studio, LA.
Steven Donald Dalachinsky (September 29, 1946 – September 16, 2019) [1] [2] was an American downtown New York City poet, active in the music, art, and free jazz scenes. [3] He wrote poetry for most of his life and read frequently at Michael Dorf's club the Knitting Factory, the Poetry Project and the Vision Festival, an Avant-jazz festival held annually on the Lower East Side of New York City.
Nov. 15—Justin Furstenfeld can't sit still. Even while in lockdown the vocalist-guitarist was hyped. During the pandemic Furstenfeld wrote and recorded a plethora of songs. "I had no choice ...
In 1988, Lucas performed at New York's Knitting Factory. Shortly after, he was invited to appear at the 1988 JazzFest Berlin . In 2006 Lucas co-led with saxophonist Philip Johnston an all-instrumental Beefheart tribute band, Fast 'n' Bulbous: the Captain Beefheart Project etc.
Live at the Knitting Factory may refer to a number of live concert releases by several musicians, usually referring to recordings at the New York music venue, the Knitting Factory. These include: More Live at the Knitting Factory by Charles Gayle; Solo Sessions Vol. 1: Live at the Knitting Factory by John Legend