YOKO ONO's New "BETWEEN MY HEAD and the SKY", and TV Appearance !

     MUSIC NEWS - From Fluxus and performance-art pioneer and Two Virgins to chart-topping dance-music heroine (inspiring punk rock along the way!), Yoko Ono has been an

innovative and influential force on music and art, while simultaneously campaigning for peace on the world's stage.  At 76 years, Yoko continues to kick butt -- and has now released her new,  BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY, (buy below) a career-defining album made with her new Plastic Ono Band. The record is a mind-melting blend of styles, restating and sharpening themes while plunging into the always-mysterious future.  The sessions took place at NYC’s Sear Sound, the same studio that used to house the old Hit Factory, where the Double Fantasy album was recorded. Sean Lennon both produced the new effort, with Yoko and acted as musical leader for a group divided between Japanese avant pop musicians, and downtown Manhattan improvisers. In the Japanese contingent is Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto, plus the current group led by Keigo “Cornelius” Oyamada, which includes Yuko Araki and Hirotaka Shimmy Shimizu. Cornelius and Ms. Ono performed together in Tokyo in January, and Yoko was so happy with the result she invited them over to record. In the Manhattan improv camp we find Shahzad Ismaily (guitar, bass, percussion), Erik Friedlander(cello), Michael Leonhart (trumpet, vibes), Daniel Carter (reeds) and Indigo Street (guitar) -- a singularly gifted group of instrumentalists.

As Sean says, “Yoko unleashed a deluge of new songs, writing about 16 songs in six days. The most prolific day peaking out at six songs written and tracked in an afternoon. The recording session was like a tornado of inspiration. Some of the best lyrics on the record Yoko actually 'freestyled' as if she were a lyrical divining rod.”

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band perform on The View this Wednesday, Sept. 30th at 11am !

Between My Head And The Sky is out now On Chimera Music