Great time at “Roots & Branches” Release Party
We had a great time the Roots & Branches album release party & show last Friday. About 100+ people came. Julia handled the keyboard and back-up vocals. We did seven songs from the new album and Julia sang vocals on "My Flowers Grow Green" from the Radio Songs album. At the end I announced that I had decided that since my daughter Rachael had flown in from NY and arrived at the last minute to surprise me I wanted to do a Dylan song in her honor, even though the band had not rehearsed it or had any idea we were going to do it. So ... [Read More]
Darryl’s new album “Roots & Branches” is available now!
Darryl's new album "Roots & Branches" feat. Shayna Steele, Joe Henry, Julia Holter, Becca Stevens, Chris Morrissey and Anais Mitchell and produced by Ben Wendel is available now! Stream or purchase today! Purchase & listen today! Bandcamp: Roots & Branches on Bandcamp Spotify: Roots & Branches on Spotify More About The New Roots & Branches Album by Darryl Holter
A Tale of Two States Darryl Holter Book Review
A Tale of Two States Darryl Holter Book Review Darryl Holter Book Review | Los Angeles Review of Books TWO STATES, two directions, two futures. Dan Kaufman, author of The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics, and Manuel Pastor, author of State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America’s Future, have crafted lengthy subtitles that reveal their books’ basic story lines. Both books chronicle dramatic swings from one side of the political spectrum to the other, and both highlight the ways in which state-level politics ... [Read More]
Left Bank Blues: Adventures in Paris 1975
Left Bank Blues Darryl Holter Adventures in Paris 1975 By Darryl Holter When my daughter Julia was studying music at the University of Michigan she enrolled in a one-month course on “counterpoint” music at the Nadia Boulanger Institute in Paris. Not long after she arrived in Paris I had to have two wisdom teeth removed. Following the procedure I couldn’t really go to work for two days so I just sat down and wrote this little piece to send Julia recalling my own first experience in Paris. Although I haven’t looked it over for many years, I do think that ... [Read More]
Bookstories Podcast Interview with Darryl Holter
Bookstories Podcast Interview with Darryl Holter Bookstories by Alternate Thursdays on Apple Podcasts A podcast about the business and culture of bookselling in the 21st century. Episode 11: Chevalier's Books / Daryl Holter Released Jun 28, 2018 A wide-ranging conversation with Daryl Holter, co-owner of Chevalier's Books in the Larchmont neighborhood of Los Angeles. www.bookstories.show/ iTunes / Apple Podcasts link Here Download past episodes or subscribe to future episodes of Bookstories by Alternate Thursdays for free. ¤ Darryl Holter is a historian, entrepreneur, musician, and owner of an independent bookstore. He has taught history at the University of Wisconsin and ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter Workshop at The Folk Roots Festival
Darryl Holter Panel Discussion at The Folk Roots Festival: Social Justice And Folk Music. 2:00pm Workshop Panel Discussion: Social Justice And Folk Music - The Panel will discuss the history and today's songs about social justice. Featuring: Darryl Holter, Ross Altman, Jonathan Ritter with Larry Wines Moderator Folk Roots Festival: A Day of Music, Workshops, Panels and more. March 24, 2018 - 10am to 10pm St. John's Presbyterian Church 11000 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 More Info: www.fwfolkrootsfestival.com ¤ Darryl Holter is a historian, entrepreneur, musician, and owner of an independent bookstore. He has taught history at the University ... [Read More]
Saying Goodbye to Caravan Book Store After 64 Years
Caravan Book Store in DTLA Is Closing After Nearly 64 Years Elisabeth L. Uyeda | Blogspot Leonard Bernstein, proprietor of Caravan Book Store, said at the time his parents started the business in 1954, the area consisted of numerous offices for rail and shipping lines along with a few airlines. The name, Caravan, was chosen to connote exotic travel, a nod to the Silk Road, and the treasures abound from other parts of the world. The store became a center for art and literature. Leonard Bernstein with Darryl Holter, co-owner of Chevalier's Books We were standing in the ... [Read More]
Chevalier’s Offers Selection of Books from “S***hole Countries”
Chevalier’s Offers Selection of Books from “S***hole Countries” Patricia Lombard | www.larchmontbuzz.com You may have noticed a new selection of books in the window at Chevalier’s Books on Larchmont Blvd. “I just woke up that morning and thought we had to do something,” Liz Newstat, manager at Chevalier’s, told the Buzz. “Our owners, (Bert Deixler and Daryl Holter) had a similar idea, so we put together a selection of books from authors from Haiti, Africa and El Salvador.” Newstat said the reaction to the window, which was also posted on social media, has been great. “Everyone has been very positive,” ... [Read More]
Grown-Up Anger Darryl Holter Book Review
“I’ll Take You to a Place Called Italian Hall”: On Daniel Wolff’s “Grown-Up Anger” and the Calumet Massacre of 1913 Darryl Holter Book Review Darryl Holter Book Review | Los Angeles Review of Books A LABOR STRIKE and a heart-wrenching tragedy in 1913, Woody Guthrie at a hootenanny in a New York basement in 1945, and Bob Dylan in a recording studio in 1962 — these three seemingly unrelated events provide the framework for Daniel Wolff’s study of industrial violence in the United States, the folk music revival, and the evolution of rock ’n’ roll. Wolff’s narrative is an angry ... [Read More]
UnSilent Cinema with Julia Holter
Julia Holter scoring The Passion of Joan of Arc (WORLD PREMIERE) September 29, 2017: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM UnSilent Cinema UnSilent Cinema: Classic silent films brought to life by contemporary live scores. In a two-night production, the not-so-silent silver screen is returning to downtown Los Angeles to excite the senses at UnSilent Cinema. The outdoor event will take over downtown Los Angeles’s premier shopping and dining destination, FIGat7th, to showcase classic silent films brought to life by contemporary live scores. Screening on Friday, September 29, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer) will be ... [Read More]
Darryl Holter grew up playing the guitar and singing country and rock and roll songs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His current brand of Americana music draws from country, blues and folk traditions and often tells stories about people, places and events.