Dredg Team Up with Salman Rushdie to Talk Books
Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie and progressive rock band DREDG will co-headline Liner Notes, an event at Housing Works Bookstore Café on Thursday, October 1, 2009, to explore the cross-pollination of music and literature and raise funds for Housing Works, a New York-based AIDS service organization. The event will be presented by SPIN and will celebrate the recent release of DREDG’s fourth album, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion, which was inspired by Rushdie’s essay Imagine There’s No Heaven: A Letter to the Sixth Billionth Citizen.
“Progress has always relied on bold and courageous efforts to cut the ties to old traditions, trends and beliefs,” says Dredg singer/guitarist Gavin Hayes. “Salman Rushdie is a living example of such courage and one of the reasons why we chose to use his essay, ‘A Letter to the Six Billionth Citizen’ as an outline and inspiration for our new record and its artwork. We are extremely excited and flattered to share an evening with such a talent.”
“I’m flattered that Dredg were inspired in part by my essay, very interested to listen to the results, and much looking forward to joining them at Housing Works,” Rushdie adds.
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