Clogs is a mostly instrumental project led by Bryce Dessner and Australia's… Read Full Bio ↴Clogs is a mostly instrumental project led by Bryce Dessner and Australia's Padma Newsome (both members of rock band The National). Clogs pre-dates The National and débuted with the highly melodic "Thom's Night Out" (Jul 2001, Brassland). Their latest album is "The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton" (Mar 2010, Brassland), which features contributions from The National's lead vocalist Matt Berninger, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Sufjan Stevens.

The other three of their five widely acclaimed albums are: the experimentally polyphonic "Lullaby For Sue" (2003, Brassland), minimalist "Stick Music" (Aug 2004, Brassland) and the harmonic "Lantern" (Feb 2006, Brassland).

When Clogs formed they were an oddball classical ensemble in indie rock clothing. Today, however, they're at the forefront of a scene including friends in groups The Books, Rachel's, and Bell Orchestre.

Clogs are Newsome (viola/violin/melocica/voice/piano), Bryce Dessner (guitar/ukelele), Rachael Elliott (bassoon/melodica), and Thomas Kozumplik (percussion). They met in the late-90s while studying at the Yale School of Music. Newsome started his career as a concert violinist in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, before a six-year detour took him to an ashram in the remote region of New South Wales. He began composing in the '90s at the University of Adelaide, when he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship that brought him to America. Dessner is an established soloist, and veteran of groups including Bang on a Can All-Stars, which has given him in contact with major figures like Philip Glass and Terry Riley. Elliott is a proud Vermonter and active freelance musician. Kozumplik is a master percussionist familiar with most any style.

Clogs' 'classical' music is the result of a peculiar writing process more akin to a rock band or a jazz quartet. The members come to rehearsals with basic ideas that the group riffs on and develops in jam sessions and live performance. Newsome later arranges these ideas into elegant and complex musical narratives that meld and extend the ideas of minimalist, modernist, and romantic composers, adding sounds and melodies drawn from the folk music of India, the Jewish Diaspora, and everywhere else.

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Canon
Clogs Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Canon' by these artists:

A+A Threw myself on the floor Chasing time At the door Half-p…
Academy of St-Martin-in-the-field Sometimes I feel I'll never learn Just another canon event Y…
Brazil Mass of rain scaling skyscrapers. Point only to failed ambit…
Colchon El tiempo que estuvo aquí Tengo que aceptar Que me hizo camb…
D.J. Dream Meditation Seul dans la nuit J'ai vu ce canon Je roule un doobie…
D.J. Kris Kringle Mira esa niña, va suelta como gabete Se arrima al paquete…
Doria Duane dans la zone La vie, c'est dur, la vie, c'est…
G. Auge & X. De Rosnay Once I get caught in that rhythm you know that…
Grems Salope, canon Salope, canon Salope, canon Salope, canon Fau…

Hache-P Le big et le big boy La mala est gangx Hassan J Viens…
Hannah Marcus If not a fig tree, there are rhizomes. If not rhizomes, t…
Jean-Francois Paillanrd Chamber Orchestra Kiss me baby, kiss me all night long I Kiss you…
k.juno Miserere mei sunt, Miserere mei sunt, Iam parce mihi, Et usq…
Libera Glory to thee my God this night For all the blessings…
Roshi Amine Farsi Oh-oh, c'est bénef', j'aime On déboule en 'rrari avec des bo…
Volin Que je m’allonge, que je m’allonge Dans les nuages Des tramp…
Zondag Met Lubach Ft. Fresku Dit is hoe het was en hoe het is gegaan (Audiovisueel…
Zox There are no lyrics to Canon...it's just music!…
И. Пахельбель Souviens-toi Etait-ce mai, novembre Ici ou là ? Etait-ce …

We have lyrics for these tracks by Clogs:

Cocodrillo (feat. Shara Worden) Cocodrillo, rana, lùcciola, siréna, geco, capre nana, pappag…
Lantern Light me a lantern For to get back home Light me a…
Last Song If this was our last song What would we do then? This…
On the Edge On the edge with a gold coin in my pocket* On…
On the Edge (feat. Shara Worden) On the edge with a gold coin in my pocket* On…
Red Seas Red seas come but once, red eyes all too few. They lie…
The Owl of Love I am the owl, the owl of love. At night, I…

Three-Two If this was our last song, what would we do then? (If)…

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