Pal Shazar is a painter, singer, and songwriter whose career spans several decades. "The Illustrated Lyrics" is a great overview of her paintings and drawings, paired up with more than 60 song lyrics from her solo CDs, creatively laid out in a clean and simple presentation. A must have for any Pal fan; but also a perfect book for anyone who enjoys intelligent, passionate songs and mystical yet playful artwork.
Show Schedule
February 17 2010, 7 PM
The Living Room
January 28 2010, 8 PM
Fringe Salon NYC
January 13 2010, 7 PM
The Living Room
December 17 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
November 19 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
October 28 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
September 10 2009, 7 PM
The Living Room
August 13 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
July 9 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
June 4 2009
Art Show upstairs, 6:30 to 8 PM
Music downstairs 8 PM
The Living Room
May 6 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
April 9 2009
The Living Room
March 2009
Art Show with Ralph Bourque, Front Gallery, New Orleans
March 25 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
January 8 2009, 8 PM
The Living Room
December 11 2008, 8 PM
The Living Room
November 8 2008, 7 PM
The Living Room
October 20 2008, 8 PM
The Living Room
September 25 2008, 7 PM
The Living Room
August 21 2008, 8 PM
The Living Room
August 10 2008, 7 PM
The Colony Cafe
April 8, 2010
February 12, 2010
Pal's song People Talk is featured in the premiere episode of the CW's series Life Unexpected. Check it out here.
February 12, 2010
Starting January 28, Pal has an art exhibit at the Fringe Salon in NYC at 248 Broome St. To kick it off she performed a set there. This all garnered this wonderful review at Lucid Culture.
John Espinosa captured a song from the evening. Thanks John!
January 10, 2010
The other half of Slow Children, Andrew Chinich, stopped by a recent Pal gig at the Living Room, and we have these great photos to share! Click each one to see a larger copy.
Pal was recently praised at the Kaight Blog
for her support of eco-friendly fashion. Check it out to see what she discusses with them.
April 26, 2009
**
ART SALE then LIVE SHOW June 4 2009 **
Pal will be having a display and sale of selected watercolors at The Living Room, upstairs in Googie's Lounge.
The featured works will be priced at $60 each, and include a drink special! At 8 PM, Pal will then perform in the downstairs room with the full band she calls "Her Guys".
Please be sure to join this special gathering for Pal's art and music June 4!
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
April 26, 2009
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
February 1, 2009
**
ART SHOW March 2009 **
Pal will be participating in a two person show with fellow artist Ralph Bourque this March at the Front Gallery in New Orleans, LA.
The opening for the month long exhibit is March 14. where Pal will also be performing a set of her songs in the courtyard of the gallery.
Bob Dylan (supposedly) once said to The Band, "why don't we just stop all this and paint?". However, the best anecdote is Dylan asking his art teacher, "how do we get the paint back in the tube?"
We also have a beautiful book of Pal's art available above.
May 1, 2008
**
LIVE SHOW July 30, 2008 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on July 30 (Wed) at 8 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
June 1, 2008
**
LIVE SHOW June 27, 2008 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on June 27 (Fri) at 8 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
Pal has just made three more of her CDs available via CDBaby.com:
It's a limited amount of each, so it's not clear how long they'll be available.
May 1, 2008
**
LIVE SHOW May 14, 2008 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on May 14 (Wed) at 8 PM.
Pal will also be there again on June 27 (Fri) at 8 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
April 10, 2008
**
LIVE SHOW April 16, 2008 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on April 16 at 7 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
March 28, 2008
**
LIVE SHOW April 3, 2008 ** As part of an entire evening of tribute to singer/songwriter Elliot Smith, Pal
will be performing one of his songs at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on April 3. The show features many artists, and starts at 7:30PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
January 23, 2008
**
BOOK RELEASE Jan. 24, 2008 ** There will be a book release party for
PAL SHAZAR THE ILLUSTRATED LYRICS
Pal's compilation of over 60 song lyrics paired up with an
amazing gallery of her paintings and drawings;
Pal will also perform a few songs at the party as well;
all at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on Jan. 24 at 7 PM.
Pal will be offering the book for sale and will happily sign them!
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
January 5, 2007
**
LIVE SHOW Jan. 19, 2008 **
Pal will be performing a benefit for the Woodstock Playhouse.
Accompanying Pal will be her buddy Rick Norman on guitar.
Jules Shear is also on the bill!
The event takes place Saturday January 19th at the
Woodstock Artist Association & Museum located at 28 Tinker Street
Woodstock. The show begins at 7:30. tickets are $15.
Contact: info@woodstockplayhouse.org
November 24, 2007
PAL'S NEW RECORD
WAS RECENTLY MIXED AT THE MAGNIFICENT ALLAIRE STUDIOS IN SHOKAN NEW YORK
Pictured here are producer Jules Shear and engineer/close friend
Stewart Lerman leaning on Allaire's recent acquisition, a Neve console
purchased from George Martin's Montserrat studio.
GEORGE MARTIN, folks.
Pal is overjoyed with the results.
November 4, 2007
**
LIVE SHOW Dec. 1, 2007 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on December 1 at 7 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
September 5, 2007
**
LIVE SHOW Sept. 19, 2007 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on Sept.19 at 7 PM.
Pal will be offering her personally made
shirts for sale at the show!
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
July
8, 2007
**
LIVE SHOW July 31, 2007 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street, on
July 31 22 at 8 PM. This show will include a full backup band.
The amazing Tyler Ramsey will be performing at
7 PM as well.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
June
2, 2007
**
LIVE SHOW June 22, 2007 ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on June 22 at 9 PM. This show is a retrospective of her many years
of solo work, and will include a full backup band.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
May
14, 2007
Well
known multimedia artist Doug
Aitken recently did a show at MOMA
in New York called Sleepwalkers. Back in 1994, he did a photo
session with Pal for
The Requiem Tapes. Pal recently found some of
the slides, and we've posted them for everyone, check
it out!
May
11, 2007
**
Video Added**
Pal
just dug up a copy of the music video for the song Penny
For Your Thoughts from 1996. Check
it out!
April
22, 2007
**
LIVE ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street, on
May 17 at 8 PM.
For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
March
15,
2007
**
Show Cancelled **
Because
of predicted bad weather, Pal has elected to cancel her show
at The
Living Room in NYC on March 16th. She'll work on rescheduling
a new show soon, and thanks everyone for understanding.
February
25, 2007
**
LIVE ** Pal
will be performing at The Mint, in Los Angeles on April
10, at 9 PM.
For more info check out www.themintla.com.
The Mint
6010 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
phone: 323-954-9400
fax: 323-938-2994
February
12, 2007
**
LIVE ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on March 16 at 8 PM. For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
January
13, 2007
More to share from the archives... some Robert
Mapplethorpe photos taken originally for the
U.S. release of the first Slow Children album. Check
them out here.
January
10, 2007
People
Talk is being featured, January 16th, on Santa Monica College KCRW
's Today's
Top Tune! This is
where
KCRW selects a special song to feature for a day. They play it
on the air every 2 hours, and also post it as a free MP3
download on their website.
Each day is a different song. To see more
info, go to KCRW's
Today's Top Tune Page.
Pal
has recently been able to dig into her archives for a lot of
wonderful materials that we'll be sharing. This includes a
special short story
she wrote titled Dish, which
you can check out here.
**
Happy Holidays! ** Pal
has gotten hold of two Slow Children tracks from a single
released on Jet Records back in 1979, before they signed with
Ensign Records.
One of the tracks, Tear Jerk, is very hard
to come by, and was never released on an album. The other, Talk
About Horses, is a different recording than was released by
Ensign.
**
LIVE ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on December 13 at 8 PM. For more information on The Living Room venue,
check out livingroomny.com.
The
site has seen some redesign, and we've added some stuff as well!
Check out some new Linda Troeller photos here,
and a new oil painting here.
December
03, 2006
There
is a picture online of Pal with Jules and Tyler Ramsey relaxing
at the recording studio Analog
Cabin in Virginia. Perusing the diary on their main page
reveals that "We have been getting a ton of work done on Pal Shazar's
new record."
This
past week Nic Harcourt, tastemaker supreme, gave People Talk a
spin on his wonderful show Morning
Becomes Eclectic. This
program is
broadcast out of Santa Monica College's KCRW radio
station; the very
same college where Pal's sister went to school, and the very same
college
where Pal used to see concerts in the Amphitheatre!
October
22, 2006
** LIVE **
Pal
will be playing at The Knitting Factory in NYC on November
5 at 8 PM, cover charge $8. She's very excited and hope you
will all be there Sunday night! For
location and directions check here.
The
recording label Funzalo will
be officially releasing Pal's newest CD The Morning After on
October 24! This release is slightly different from Pal's
privately released version, with changed cover
art and
some corrected album notes.
The Funzalo release is available on CDBaby.
October
15, 2006
Pal is painting again!
While surrounded by the over-stimualtion
of city life, Pal knew what Oscar Wilde meant when he said "The
worst
thing for a poet is a view." But once she and Jules recently moved
back to a quieter setting in Virginia, Pal found herself becoming
artistically
prolific again, musically and graphically. It's been several years
since she's done paintings in oil (not since she lived in Woodstock,
actually), so she is very happy to share her first two new paintings
here! Click on the thumbnails below to check them out.
October
6, 2006
Funzalo Records have a Pal
Shazar Page on their web site. Check it out!
September
30, 2006
Pal is mentioned on the main web page of
her new label Funzalo
Records, along with Jules and Rick. Funzalo also
plugs her upcoming performance at The Living Room on
October 20.
September
25, 2006
Pal's
song People Talk, from her new CD The Morning After,
has been added to the playlist at the Cincinnati radio station WMXW,
on FM 88.9. Check
out their web site.
September
14, 2006
Pal's new CD The Morning After; is going to have a review in the Fall
issue #59 (out in October) of The Big Takeover Magazine.
**
LIVE ** Pal
will be performing at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street,
on October 20 at 8 PM. She's going to play some brand new songs
that haven't been recorded yet. For more information on The
Living Room venue, check out livingroomny.com.
Pal's newest
CD, The Morning After, is now going to be re-released on
the recording label Funzalo on October 24!