Lori Goldston’s restless curiosity and the adaptive sounds of her cello blur the lines of genre, time and geography. Her music reflects broad, layered interests and feelings, from fierce humor to focused chaos to hauntingly tender melancholy.
Current projects include work with the experimental metal band Earth, and her bands Spectratone International, the Shifting Light and However; a score for Linas Phillips’s film “Bass Ackwards,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and live scores for several silent films, including a commission by WNYC’s New Sounds Live.
Co-founder with partner Kyle Hanson of The Black Cat Orchestra, Lori is a frequent collaborator in dance, film and music from other disciplines. She has played with Nirvana, David Byrne, Cat Power, Earth, Mirah, John Doe, the Wedding Present, Laura Veirs, Secret Chiefs 3, Parenthetical Girls, TU, Larry Barrett, the Dead Science, Portland Cello Project, Matana Roberts, Olivia Block, Ô Paon, Ellen Fullman, Tara Jane O'Neil, Cynthia Hopkins, Natacha Atlas and many others.
She applies her uniquely wide-ranging musical skills and love of learning to her teaching, offering classes and workshops, and private lessons.
Reviews of Earth’s Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light: I
The Manchester Guardian
The New York Times
NPR
BBC
Pitchfork
Punk Globe Magazine interview.
Learning Musician interview.
Performance video from the Kennedy Center with Mirah and Spectratone International
Lori Goldston, solo amplified cello performance on a floating dock in the middle of Lake Union, summer 2009 in Seattle.