WFNX Acoustic Sessions; My Morning Jacket to perform

[Penny Lane]

Anyone else see this?

http://www.mfa.org/sites/default/files/FNX_Release_5.11.2011.pdf

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, AND WFNX PRESENT MFA ACOUSTIC SESSIONS,
A SERIES OF CONCERTS BY POPULAR ALTERNATIVE BANDS HELD IN MFA GALLERIES

MFA's Facebook Page and WFNX Radio to Offer Tickets to Select Winners;
Broadcasts of Concerts on WFNX Radio and
Links to Audio and Video on WFNX.com and facebook.com/mfaboston
BOSTON, MA (May 12, 2011)—

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) and WFNX Radio (101.7 Boston) have teamed up to present the MFA Acoustic Sessions, a series of performances featuring nationally acclaimed alternative bands performing live in MFA exhibition spaces, from the European Paintings Gallery to a gallery featuring 19th century American works in the new Art of the Americas Wing. Beginning yesterday with a performance by The Airborne Toxic Event in the Koch Gallery, the concerts will be presented every month. Lykke Li will perform later this month followed by a range of performances including My Morning Jacket later this summer. On occasion, musicians will play instruments that are in the MFA's collection of rare musical instruments.

The sessions will be announced via the MFA's Facebook page (facebook.com/mfaboston) and on WFNX Radio. Those interested in attending are invited to complete an entry form on the MFA's Facebook page or call WFNX during on-air prompts. A small group of 35–50 winners will be randomly selected for each concert.

Each performance will be recorded as both audio and video, and will be broadcasted on WFNX and posted to WFNX.com. In addition, the MFA's Facebook page will link to the recordings and the concert video. As the Museum prepares to open its Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art in September 2011, the concert series provides a new layer of contemporary artistic experience for Facebook friends of the Museum. Musicians performing in the concerts are invited to participate in the MFA's new ―Art We Love‖ program,

MFA Boston, Museum Presents WFNX Acoustic Sessions, Press Release, p. 2
in which they will identify their favorite work of art in the Museum, explain why, and have their picture taken with the work; the musicians' selections will then be shared via Facebook.

The popular WFNX Acoustic Sessions were created in 2005 by WFNX, the radio station of Phoenix Media/Communications Group. The series attracts some of the best alternative/indie bands to intimate venues for exclusive performances as pre-publicity for their larger concerts in local clubs. Bands have included 2011 Grammy nominees Band of Horses, Broken Bells, Florence and the Machine, Mumford & Sons, and Vampire Weekend. Past Grammy nominees and winners who have performed in the series include Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Phoenix, Silversun Pickups, Ting Tings, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

[e_wind]

thats awesome i hope it gets recorded. i love yim recordings

[johnnYYac]

Thanks for the heads up, PLane.   :dankk2:

[mahg33ta]

ok - my new mission is to get into this!!!

[smhoffmann02]

Good get - thanks for the heads up.  Something to look forward to. 

[Penny Lane]

Yes --I thought of JYac and Mahg (and Eric) since you'll already be in town for the Sun show---thinking this will be on the Mon following? hmmmm...

[mahg33ta]

seems like Monday is a better bet than Sun, right?  since they are coming from Maine...

[foomex]

It says that it'll be held on the 14th ... ???

Prize Details
Win tickets to the MFA Acoustic Session with My Morning Jacket on August 14, 2011.

Strange, but I entered the sweepstakes anyway too, good luck guys!

[ericm]

Yes --I thought of JYac and Mahg (and Eric) since you'll already be in town for the Sun show---thinking this will be on the Mon following? hmmmm...

Thanks for thinking of me Penny.  8)

I'd be up for this in a heartbeat if it's the Monday after the BOA show. My train ticket can be exchanged for a later one, no problem. If anyone gets tix and wants some company, dinner and drinks are on me.

[TSarge]

Decided not to go to the BOA show for some stupid reason, but I entered to win these tix and if I somehow get lucky I'll be in the market for a BOA tick as well..

[TSarge]

P.S. Don't y'all think this is something that should have been offered to the fan club first? I know the MFA is looking for publicity so I understand the contest, but I think giving access to  at least a few tickets to the fan club as well makes way too much sense. For anything on film you would think that avoiding a crowd of stiffs is important

[subinai]

speaking of the roll call.... haven't gotten an email from them in a while....

[TSarge]

Speak of the devil!

Roll Call Presale - Charlottesville, VA

Hopefully more to come...  :D

[subinai]

THAT WAS WEEEEIIIRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Non Sin Breaux]

I live in San Diego. Would it be pointless for me to try and enter?

[johnnYYac]

I live in San Diego. Would it be pointless for me to try and enter?

Yes!   ;)

[kydiddle]

PLEASE MORE DATES!

Signed up for the acoustic show contest... 

[searchinbig]

Man, so awesome! I've been wanting them to do an acoustic show ever since I heard that 2010-08-15 radio session. They sounded so great!!

[johnnYYac]

I live in San Diego. Would it be pointless for me to try and enter?

Yes!   ;)

haha short and sweet,  8)

No offense, just want to keep my chances good by disuading folks from trying.

Plus, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is in a really bad part of town.  They're fighting a serious mold problem.  I think the contest is more Russian porn spam, and as soon as you sign up, your computer gets taken over by the Chinese.  Oh, and the fine print said winners must pay a fee of $83,000 in Canadian $2 coins.  Good luck everyone!

[Jahmazed]

Hope cape!  I really want to win this.. lucky for you people I never win anything.  Good luck hope someone from here gets to go!