Elvis Perkins

If you don't know Elvis Perkins then you're going to want to. Elvis was born in Manhattan to actor Anthony Perkins and photographer Berry Berenson and some of his forthcoming album, Ash Wednesday, reflects the tragedy he's been through - his father dying of AIDS in 1992 and his mother in the American Airlines Flight 11 that was crashed in to the North Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11.

"When you're dealing with something as immense as the events of that day, and that when you add celebrity and a public life from the get go, it's all very much out of control," Elvis said to WNYC's John Schaefer this past February on Elvis's 30th birthday.

Musically, Elvis and his band (Elvis Perkins In Dearland) may bring to mind Jeff Buckley, Colin Meloy or Rufus Wainwright sans drama and even an early 70's Dylan. The centerpiece of this all - the song Ash Wednesday - is transcendent, wonderously poetic and quite moving.

Without Love

May Day

Ash Wednesday

It's Only Me

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