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“[There is] no question that the classical and indie realms can share a border where music turns pensive, knotty and otherworldly.”—New York Times, 2009 Clogs are four musicians from the U.S. and Australia ’ Bryce Dessner (guitar), Rachael Elliot (bassoon), Thomas Kozumplik (percussion) and Padme Newsome (viola) ’ whose work traverses time and place and through which seemingly disparate influences are seamlessly drawn in. They compose and improvise using sounds and textures from across the musical spectrum—the immediacy of folk and rock music, twisted Americana, the complexity of modern composition. The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton (2010) is Clogs’ highly anticipated fifth album, following their critically acclaimed, Lantern (2006). The Creatures is their first album of songs after four primarily instrumental releases; a song-cycle composed by Padma Newsome for the group with extensive vocal work from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond. Sufjan Stevens, along with Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National and Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) will be joining Clogs in their performance of the new song cycle The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton. Big Ears 2010 will feature the only live performance of the piece currently scheduled with all of the guest vocalists from the recording, which is slated to be released in early March.