LILI HAYDN PERFORMS ON HIT TV SHOW ‘CALIFORNICATION’ NOVEMBER 23

FR:    ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/LIBBY COFFEY-HENRY
    MITCH SCHNEIDER

LILI HAYDN–singer, songwriter and violinist extraordinaire–will make a special television appearance on the hit Showtime show “Californication.” In the episode airing this Sunday, November 23 at 10:00 pm ET/PT, Haydn will perform her song “Saddest Sunset” during a key scene at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. “Californication is hilariously raw and fun, and the show had enough sense of irony to use me singing one of my most contemplative, intense songs right before a big scandalous sex scene,” states HAYDN about her experience for the TV show. Fans can get a sneak preview at: http://www.sho.com/site/video/brightcove/series/title.do?bcpid=1304986779

“Saddest Sunset” appears on HAYDN’s most recent album Place Between Places (Nettwerk Music).  The album, produced by HAYDN and Grammy-winning producer-engineer Thom Russo (Johnny Cash, Macy Gray, Audioslave), delivers sounds that are inventive and torrid, equal parts Kate Bush and Pink Floyd, with compelling lyrics in search of peace and passion in an unsteady world. She shows a new sense of abandonment in her vocals to match the fire and grace of her virtuosic violin playing. Her words and melodies cover a wide musical territory, as rooted in modern rock and avant-pop as in her early studies of Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Highlights include the transcendent “Strawberry Street” (the album’s hook-laden first single) the dreamy, modern noir and KCRW favorite “I Give Up” plus the stunning opening track “Memory One.”

LILI HAYDN has played with, sung, and opened for everyone from Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (soloing on Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” before joining them again across the U.S. as the duo’s opening act) and Roger Waters (singing and playing violin with him on two songs at  the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival) to Sting, Josh Groban and Herbie Hancock (playing and singing one of her own songs as part of his jazz quintet last summer).  And as a sometime member of Parliament-Funkadelic, leader George Clinton has often called her “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin.” HAYDN has her own Hendrix moment on the new album’s final, unlisted track–an epic take on P-Funk’s “Maggot Brain,” a rendition she’s played to standing ovations at the Hollywood Bowl and elsewhere. She has also performed the national anthem for the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.  

For more information on LILI HAYDN, contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
Libby Coffey-Henry x224, lhenry@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider x235, mschneider@msopr.com