Conspiracy of Beards re-takes Manhattan on May Day 2010! In our 3rd annual springtime visit to NYC, we will serenade you at the Bowery Poetry Club on May 1st at 10pm.

San Francisco’s CONSPIRACY OF BEARDS is a 30-member male choir that performs gritty, original arrangements of the songs of LEONARD COHEN. Formed in 2003 through the inspiration of the late performance artist Peter Kadyk, this a capella group has become a fixture in SF’s folk scene. The Beards are well known for their live performances at Bay Area venues such as the Cafe du Nord, the Great American Music Hall, and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and SF City Hall, as well as in bars, bookstores, hospices and various community centers. The choir has also been featured on National Public Radio’s “West Coast Live,” on KFOG, KPFA, WFMU and on PBS television station KQED-TV.

Transforming Cohen’s simple melodies into complex 4- and 5-part harmonies, the group achieves a sound that is both robust and tender, with influences of indie rock, jazz, gospel, barbershop, classical and doo-wop in the unique arrangements the choir creates. Using the genius of Cohen’s words, the Beards inspire audiences to ponder romance, politics, sex, longing and spirituality, all amid laughter and cheers.

http://www.conspiracyofbeards.com

Bowery Poetry Club:
308 Bowery, NY 10012 (between Houston and Bleecker)
F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker