The Velvet Underground & Nico comes home this week, as John Cale and guests prepare to play it in its entirety in New York
Two albums stood out in 1967, that turbulent year half a century ago. One came from the British side of the Atlantic – the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – and the other from its American shore – The Velvet Underground & Nico. Between them, they changed the sound of sound.
This week, the Velvets’ album comes home, to where it was conceived and recorded, to where the seed was planted: New York. John Cale, who co-wrote the music and played viola and bass guitar, will perform songs from the album – and a few other Velvet treasures – at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on Thursday and Friday, as anchor with his current band and a cast of guests.
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