New album “Sprig” available for pre-order on bandcamp!
March 15th, 2018
Pre-order Sprig HERE!
Gyan Riley
"Beautiful and enigmatic"…"an alluringly intimate vibe created from the first note."
-The New York Times
"Gyan Riley is a one-man American-music machine, amicably ranging across the fields of jazz, world music, and post-minimalism."
-The New Yorker
New solo album “Sprig” out March 30!
February 21st, 2018
Here’s a little trailer for my new solo album…full video coming soon!
The Rileys (mostly) Europe Tour
May 10th, 2017
Thu, May 18 National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY.
Sat, May 20 FIMAV, Victoriaville, QC.
Wed, May 24 Le Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium.
Sat, May 27 Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria.
Tue, May 30 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wed, May 31 Südpol, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Fri, June 2 Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany.
Sat, June 3 Serralves, Porto, Portugal.
Wed, June 7 Bremen Teater, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fri, June 9 Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany.
THE RILEYS: Europe Tour
August 7th, 2016
Sun, Sep 11 20h30, Teatro Triennale, Milano, Italy
Tue, Sep 13 20h, Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sat, Sep 17 20h, Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway
Tue, Sep 20 20h15, Tivoly Vrendenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Sat, Sep 24 19h30, Barbican Center, London, UK.
Sun, Sep 25 18h, Conservatoire de Lille, Lille, France
Tue, Sep 27 20h, ZionsKirche, Berlin, Germany.
THE RILEYS October EU Tour
September 9th, 2015
I’m excited to hit the road with my pop soon!
Wed, Oct 7 8:30pm, Le Rocher de Palmer, Bordeaux/Cenon, France.
Sun, Oct 11 7pm, Uppsala Guitar Festival, Uppsala, Sweden.
Tue, Oct 13 7pm, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Wed, Oct 14 7pm, Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden.
Fri, Oct 16 8pm, La Gaité Lyrique, Paris, France.
Sat, Oct 17 8pm, Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium.
World Premiere of John Zorn’s Bagatelles
August 11th, 2015
I’m honored to be included among this incredible lineup of musicians giving the world premieres of John Zorn’s Bagatelles. The amazing guitarist Julian Lage and myself will perform a handful of these little gems in solo and duo formation on Sept 6 at The Stone…our first ever collaboration!
A nice memory…
July 18th, 2015
Playing an encore with my dad, the Kronos Quartet, and the Living Earth Show at SF Jazz last month. This was just after the premiere of my first piece for string quartet, called the first pancake, featuring my pop on piano and melodica and yours truly on guitar and kick drum. It was such a fun weekend!
NY Times review
July 9th, 2015
Here’s a review from my opening concert at the Stone, with Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) and David Cossin (percussion). Four sets down and 8 to go! My residency so far has been full of fun, contrast and surprises. I’m so looking forward to the rest of the music! Details here.