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Shirley

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Sundance 2020
Tamar Kali Little Richard on WBGO
1 A Not So Humble Request  
2 "I Didn't Ask you to Behave"  
3 "I Have a Title"  
4 What a Writer Does  
5 Shirley's Vision  
6 Writing Begins  
7 Rose's Dream  
8 Emissary / Captive Queen  
9 Miscarriage  
10 Mushrooms  
11 Rose on Top  
12 Shopping  
13 Shirley On the Porch  
14 Shirley Watches Rose at Party  
15 Possession  
16 Baby  
17 Moving Out in a Week  
18 Library Card  
19 The Summoning  
20 The Death of Little Wifey  
21 End Credits  
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Milan Records announces the JUNE 5 release of SHIRLEY (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by genre-defying artist, musician and composer TAMAR-KALI.  Available for preorder now, the album features new music written by Tamar-kali for NEON's forthcoming film about renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson.  Also making its debut alongside today's preorder is the album's lead track "Baby" – listen here.  Originally making its award-winning premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Shirley, starring Elizabeth Moss, will be available everywhere Friday, June 5 from NEON.

  • Tamar-kali's symphony reclaims an ancestral story / The New York Times
    Posted At: July 4, 2023
    Tamar-kali, wove episodes of Gullah Geechee history into “Sea Island Symphony,” premiering at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.The New York Times - Tim Greiving writes…..When the composer Tamar-kali goes fishing in the South Carolina low country, she thinks about her ancestors — the Gullah Geechee — singing spirituals like “Wade in the Water.” And she pictures Harriet Tubman arriving with Union gunboats in the s...

  • Catapult Opera releases new opera digital short: SWANN From Tamar-kali / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: June 1, 2023
    Catapult Opera will host a virtual premiere party and Q&A with Tamar-kali and James Blaszko tonight, Thursday, June 1 at 6:00PM EST.BroadwayWorld's Chloe Rabinowitz writes…..The Metropolitan Opera's 2022–23 Live in HD Season to Conclude With Mozart's DIE ZAUBERF Photo 3The Metropolitan Opera's 2022–23 Live in HD Season to Conclude With Mozart's DIE ZAUBERFLOTE (The Magic Flute)Philip Glass's AKHNATEN, V...

  • Tamar-kali on scoring the Little Richard doc and the white-washed canon of American pop music / 88.3WBGO
    Posted At: February 22, 2023
    Brooklyn born and bred artist Tamar-kali is a second-generation musician with roots in the coastal Sea Islands of South Carolina. As a composer, Tamar-kali has defied boundaries to craft her own unique alternative sound. The aggressive, melodic, rock of her ‘5 piece’ outfit enchants you with its melody, while delivering a swift kick to the gut with its incisive emotional core. Her debut LP Black Bottom, cha...

  • Tamar-Kali - Shirley makes 'Bloody Disgusting: Top 10 Best Horror Soundtracks of 2020'
    Posted At: January 1, 2021

    The Terrifying Sounds of 2020: The Top 10 Best Horror Soundtracks of the Year. Xanthe Pajarillo writes....It has been a tumultuous year for the music industry, but there was never a loss of resiliency or creativity. This year, the Lovecraft Country soundtrack made history by becoming the first-ever series scored by an online orchestra, with players from Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Chic...

  • Tamar-Kali - Shirley makes 'The Quietus: Best Film Scores Of 2020'
    Posted At: December 15, 2020

    While cinema releases have been upended across the industry, a wealth of film music has still impressed resident expert Charlie Brigden, who runs us through his top 10 of 2020. I don't know if it's comforting or not to read that, in this absolute shitshow of a year, the soundtrack fountain has been flowing plentifully. It's certainly helped to have a distraction, and I guess if you're goi...
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