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After a year spent touring the globe in support of their stunning third album, Antony and the Johnsons are capping off The Crying Light 's promo rounds in style. Not only have bandleader Antony Hegarty and company brought the tour to a close with orchestra-backed concerts in Australia this past week, but they are also set to perform in Japan for the first time ever, accompanied by Yoshito Ohno. To bring this full circle, you should know that Ohno's father, Kazuo Ohno, is a legendary 103-year-old Japanese Butoh dancer, whom Hegarty put on the brilliant covers to [...]

In de maand januari is het drie keer raak bij de platenboer, wanneer je op zoek gaat naar gevoelige liedjes van een – op het zicht dan in ieder geval - one-man band. Volgende week zien namelijk evenzoveel prachtplaten het (fysieke) levenslicht: J. Tillman, Andrew Bird en Antony & The Johnsons. De laatste twee hebben [...]

Although I have yet to hear the whole LP from Antony and the Johnsons, I will go out on the limb and tell you that he has once again succeeded on all accounts. What I have heard has been worth the wait. Some much love and hurt, discovery, emotion, and expressive imagery, that you don't know if you should smile or weep. His voice alone is yet another character upon himself...it's as if Antony has become two; his flesh and his soul. The third LP, The Crying Light , will be available on January 20th. Antony had this to [...]

• Antony & The Johnsons - Another World

[mp3] Antony and the Johnsons - "Another World" We're seriously digging The Crying Light , the new LP from Antony and the Johnsons . It certainly improves on last year's Another World EP, and if given time, it may even top 2006's devastating classic I Am A Bird Now . The record is absolutely worth buying, if only for the haunting cover art above, which [...]

• Antony & The Johnsons - Another World

Como les estuvo contando Miguel Garza hace algún tiempo, el nuevo disco de Antony and the Johnsons , llamado The Crying Light , también tiene a el famoso bailarín japonés Kazuo Ohno en su portada. Esto es lo que dijo Antony a través de un comunicado de prensa explicó que Ohno logra inspirarlo increíblemente y que lo tomó como si fuera una especie de "padre artístico". Y claramente nos podemos dar cuenta de ello, ya que Antony utilizó otra foto del bailarín para crear el arte del EP [...]

MUSIC NEWS - Cabaret-pop act Antony and the Johnsons have revealed album and tour info, including the cover art (at right) for the new release, " The Crying Light ", their third studio album. Following a natural progression from the Another World EP, the album art features a 1977 portrait of renowned Butoh dancer, Kazuo Ohno, taken by Naoya Ikegami in Tokyo. Ohno is shown reaching towards light, his striking visage and reclined posture echoing elements of cradle and the grave. Life, death, and transcendence are effectively invoked in one [...]

Antony and the Johnsons ' breakthrough second album 'I Am a Bird Now' (2005, Secretly Canadian) won the UK's prestigious Mercury Prize in 2005. The success that followed introduced many to a pioneering soul singer unafraid to explore themes that traversed darkness and light, life and death, male and female. Antony's inimitable voice sparked the interest of artists ranging from Bjork to Hercules and Love Affair, resulting in a series of critically acclaimed collaborations. Watch Another World video : [...]