Ted Hearne

TED HEARNE is a composer, singer, bandleader and recording artist making intense and personal music drawing on a patchwork of styles. The New York Times has praised Ted for his &quot;tough edge and wildness of spirit,&quot; and &quot;topical, politically sharp-edged works.&quot; Pitchfork called Hearne&#39;s <a href="spotify:album:4KRnxT79fxueShgIGfZac5" data-name="The Source">The Source</a> &quot;some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory -- from any genre,&quot; and Alex Ross wrote The New Yorker that Hearne&#39;s music &quot;holds up as a complex mirror image of an information-saturated, mass-surveillance world, and remains staggering in its impact.&quot;


<a href="spotify:album:4r0NkjZIcVJmQ0firWRZEI" data-name="Ted Hearne: Sound from the Bench">Ted Hearne: Sound from the Bench</a>, a cantata for choir, electric guitars and drums setting texts from U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments and inspired by the idea of corporate personhood, was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize.&amp;nbsp;


<a href="spotify:album:52txOcT3JsDTr6HOot05dj" data-name="The Law Of Mosaics">The Law Of Mosaics</a>, Hearne&#39;s 30-minute piece for string orchestra, was named one of the Best Albums of 2014 by The New Yorker, and has been performed by the and <a href="spotify:artist:0cxXnDhpgxcMMkKddhORHY" data-name="Gustavo Dudamel">Gustavo Dudamel</a> and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.


<a href="spotify:album:50ouiizLYZARvwKJHWoxKq" data-name="Hazy Heart Pump">Hazy Heart Pump</a>, Hearne&#39;s newest release, is an album of instrumental works. <a href="spotify:track:2plc7ZeMn7elDQKMvXPbqg" data-name="By-By Huey">By-By Huey</a> was recorded by eighth blackbird, and &#39;Coloring Book&#39; will soon see release by <a href="spotify:artist:3bzZhiUIN7300mrCcLsUBH" data-name="Roomful of Teeth">Roomful of Teeth</a> (pre-release: <a href="spotify:album:0mUsweO6wIv1xXaJzYXMAa" data-name="Coloring Book: No. 5, Your People">Coloring Book: No. 5, Your People</a>)


Hearne performs with Philip White as the vocal-electronics duo <a href="spotify:artist:7gg65w64gNA6bZWyc6A2od" data-name="R WE WHO R WE">R WE WHO R WE</a>, belongs to the composer collective Sleeping Giant. Recent collaborations have paired him with legendary artists <a href="spotify:artist:7IfculRW2WXyzNQ8djX8WX" data-name="Erykah Badu">Erykah Badu</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:11K0HIZKfdB6ez0VhIgxPm" data-name="Saul Williams">Saul Williams</a>.