Van Dyke Parks on Song Cycle from Richard Parks on Vimeo.
The good people of the Bella Union stable have given us a set of their current Van Dyke Parks reissues to give away to you, our readers, on vinyl. The first three Van Dyke Parks solo albums Song Cycle, Discover America, Clang Of The Yankee Reaper are up for grabs for whoever can answer the following question: Watch the film above and tell us which bit of America inspired Song Cycle a) New Jersey b) Alphabet City, NY c) Hollywood
Closing date is next Friday, June 30th. Quietus T&C can be found here, all entries to comps@thequietus.com.
Van Dyke Parks is appearing at the Barbican, London this Saturday, June 23rd. He’ll be playing music from across his back catalogue backed by the Britten Symphonia and joined by Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes and Daniel Rossen from Grizzly Bear. You can find out more and buy tickets from the Barbican website. On Sunday 24th, he’ll be doing a short set and Q&A at Rough Trade East in London.
