Pink Martini & The Von Trapps’ “Dream A Little Dream” Drops

PINK MARTINI AND THE VON TRAPPS’ “DREAM A LITTLE DREAM” MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERES AT ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

INTERNATIONAL FALL/WINTER TOUR CONFIRMED

GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED “LITTLE ORCHESTRA” CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

NEW 7” VINYL NOW AVAILABLE VIA NEW GENEROUS PAYMENT PLATFORM

“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure…if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.”—Thomas Lauderdale

The official music video for Pink Martini and The von Trapps’ rendition of “Dream A Little Dream” premiered yesterday at Entertainment Weekly. Melanie von Trapp helped direct the piece with Alex Marashian, co-producer of the 2009 Pink Martini album Splendor in the Grass. Eric Edwards, best known for his work with Gus van Sant, joined team as Director of Photography, along with producers Tanya Selvaratnam and Portlandia’s David Cress. When asked about the genesis of the story, Marashian comments, “Tortoises are really known to go for it when they mate. The modern world has made it more and more difficult for tortoises to get together. Looking at the geography of the garden, Bella Madrona, the idea emerged of putting a tortoise on one side with the mission to get to the other side over the course of a day, and the result would be some sort of a tortoise reunion.”

“Dream A Little Dream” is the title track of Pink Martini and The von Trapps’ new collaborative album, which was released earlier this year to widespread acclaim. In addition to featuring Sofia, Melanie, Amanda and August von Trapp—the actual great-grandchildren of Captain and Maria von Trapp—the album also includes special guests Wayne Newton, Jack Hanna, The Chieftains and Charmian Carr (the original Liesl in the film version of The Sound of Music). Listen to a recent interview from NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday with The von Trapps, bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, lead singer China Forbes and host Scott Simon here.

Pink Martini will continue their sold-out worldwide tour this fall and winter, including two special New Year’s Eve performances at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall. See below for complete tour information.

2014 has been a seminal year within the world of Pink Martini. Now celebrating 20 years as a musical collective, the globally acclaimed “little orchestra” was recently inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and, just earlier this month, were inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Moreover, Lauderdale was recently honored with an “Oregon History Makers” award presented by the Oregon Historical Society.

Lauderdale—a Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist—founded Pink Martini in 1994 to play political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing and public broadcasting. In the years since, the band’s albums have collectively sold over three million copies worldwide, all on the bands’ own label, Heinz Records.

In addition to Dream A Little Dream, Pink Martini recently released their first ever 7” vinyl single as a pay-what-you-want sale. The single includes the A-side “Zundoko-bushi,” which was featured on the band’s acclaimed 2013 album Get Happy, along with a previously unreleased instrumental B-side, “Foxy Strut” (named after singer China Forbes’ dog Foxy). For the release, the band and their label, Heinz Records, have partnered with another Portland, OR-based company, Generous. Each purchase on the e-commerce platform benefits charity and allows fans to pay-what-they-want. In addition to the 7”, the Pink Martini Generous store will include the digital songs, a new Pink Martini T-shirt as well as signed copies of Get Happy. Visit the store here: https://genero.us/pinkmartini/zundoko-bushi.

Pink Martini band-members:
•Thomas Lauderdale (piano)
•China Forbes (vocals)
•Storm Large (vocals)
•Timothy Nishimoto (vocals and percussion)
•Robert Taylor (trombone)
•Gavin Bondy (trumpet)
•Phil Baker (bass)
•Dan Faehnle (guitar)
•Pansy Chang (cello)
•Nicholas Crosa (violin)
•Maureen Love (harp)
•Brian Lavern Davis (congas, drums and percussion)
•Anthony Jones (drums and percussion)

PINK MARTINI CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 28 Cardiff, United Kingdom Wales Millennium Centre*
October 29 Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge Corn Exchange*
October 30 London, United Kingdom Eventim Apollo*
November 1 Brighton, United Kingdom Brighton Dome*
November 2 Dublin, Ireland National Concert Hall†
November 3 Manchester, United Kingdom Bridgewater Hall*
November 4 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Usher Hall†
November 6 Zurich, Switzerland Volkshaus†
November 7 Geneva, Switzerland Theatre du Leman†
November 8 Aix-en-Provence, France Grand Theatre de Provence†
November 10 Toulouse, France Halle aux Grains†
November 12 Paris, France Théâtre des Folies Bergère†
December 5 Yountville, CA Napa Valley Performing Arts Center‡
December 6 Scottsdale, AZ Scottsdale Performing Arts§
December 7 Escondido, CA California Center for the Arts‡
December 12 & 13 Salt Lake City, UT Abravanel Hall‡
December 16 &17 Newport, OR Newport Performing Arts Center‡
December 19 & 20 Raleigh, NC Meymandi Concert Hall‡
December 31 Los Angeles, CA Walt Disney Concert Hall (2 shows)#

†with singer China Forbes
*with singer China Forbes and special guests The von Trapps
‡with singer Storm Large
§with singers China Forbes and Storm Large
#with singer China Forbes and special guests The von Trapps, Ari Shapiro and more