Lee Ranaldo, Raül Refree, Leila Bordreuil

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, poet, visual artist and co-founder of Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo and renowned producer Raül Refree will bring their new creative partnership to the Barbican’s music programme in April 2020. In the intimate setting of Milton Court Concert Hall the duo will present material from their new album 'Names of North End Women' out on Mute on 21 Feb 2020.

Considering that Ranaldo is ranked as one of the greatest guitarists of his generation and Refree is an artist who has been reinventing traditional flamenco guitar (his album with Rosalía continues to grow internationally), 'Names of North End Women' was recorded with surprisingly little or no guitar. Using marimba and vibraphone, as well as analogue sounds from old cassette tapes, the new album is a collection of songs and spoken word pieces alive with experimentalism, loosely themed around the lives that pass in and out of one’s own over course of time.