Gabriel Kahane Celebrates His Major Label Debut: “The Ambassador:” Los Angeles, Then and Now

Hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the year’s very best albums,” Gabriel Kahane’s major label debut, The Ambassador, is a meditation on the underbelly of Los Angeles seen through the lens of ten street addresses: one song per address. Named for the demolished hotel that housed early Academy Awards ceremonies and where Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, The Ambassador is a song cycle based on life in Los Angeles from the 1920′s to the dystopian future. Using the street addresses as launching points, Kahane explores everything from Blade Runner and Die Hard to the fiction of Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain; and from the architecture of R.M. Schindler and Richard Neutra to the tragic death of Latasha Harlins at the hands of a Korean grocer. Kahane’s musical performance at the Poppy will be a sonic taste of the upcoming staged version of The Ambassador, directed by Tony-winner John Tiffany, to be showcased at The Harvey Theater as part of the 2014 BAM New Wave Festival.

Visit Gabriel Kahane’s website here.

Get a preview of The Ambassador here.
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Admission: $17 advanced. $20 at the door.
Purchase advance tickets here
Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.