The 25th Annviversary of the Love Hangover

I’m thrilled to be co-producing, co-hosting and performing in the 25th Anniversary of my friend Richard Alwyn’s brilliant performance series, The Love Hangover, on February 15th at Bowery Electric.

For a quarter of a century now there’s been a musical movement slouching toward Heartbreak Hotel: The Love Hangover brings the world weary, the sad sacks and even a few true believers two by two to sing duets on the night after Valentines.

Local luminaries, surprise stars and up-and-comers on the music scenes from cities across America sing songs about love stuff, not necessarily love songs, not necessarily not.  Some reverent, some cheeky, some seeking to heal broken hearts, others to break whole ones.  They give back to the audience what love has given them: the joy, the pain, the humor, the frustration, the ecstatic trials and dented triumphs.

This year’s Love Hangover in New York City will be held at Bowery Electric and will feature performances by Lloyd Cole, Ted Leo, Vicki Peterson (the Bangles), John Cowsill (the Beach Boys, the Cowsills), Claudia Gonson (Magnetic Fields), Joe Hurley, Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Nada Surf), Joe McGinty (the Loser’s Lounge), Kendall Meade (Mascott), Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms), David Nagler, Mike Fornatale, Jim Andralis, Therese Cox, John Brodeur (Bird Streets), Joanna Choy, Kris Gruen, Scott Easterday, Renée LoBue (Elk City), The Tall Pines, Lianne Smith, Charlie Nieland, Alyson Greenfield, Erica Smith, Ana Morales, Verena Wiesendange, Julian Maile and your hosts Jessie Kilguss and Richard Alwyn, the event’s founder.