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David Garland

I’m a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer, actively creating a unique body of work since the early 1980s. I’ve recorded my music with Christian Marclay, John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Sufjan Stevens, Sean Ono Lennon, Guy Klucevsek, Vashti Bunyan, Meredith Monk, Iva Bittova, and others. 

I’m a visual artist. Since 2022 my photographs of reflected sunlight have been seen in four one-person gallery shows, and daily on Instagram. I’ve also been a professional illustrator and graphic designer. 

• I produced and hosted Spinning On Air, which for 28 years was a radio show of music and interviews on WNYC, New York Public Radio, and then until 2018 was an independently produced podcast. I’ve been an audio producer, presenter, interviewer, music programmer, writer, editor, engineer, and mixer. 

I’ve released over a dozen albums of my music, and, since 2019, eight albums by Garlands, the duo I have with my son. Listen and purchase on Bandcamp

Every Monday morning from 8:30 until 10 AM I play with the improvising ensemble Music for Furniture at Joust Cafe, 365 Main St., Catskill, NY, adding acoustic sounds to the otherwise electronic group. We’ve been doing this for years.