If you’re reading this you’ve probably heard Osso, even if you haven’t heard of them. They recorded on Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois and Songs for Christmas, as well as My Brightest Diamond’s Bring Me the Workhorse. They have toured with both. The luckiest amongst us have even heard Osso play live with both Sufjan and My Brightest Diamond from time to time – perhaps at Cincinnati’s Music Now Festival 2007, when they converted Sufjan’s electronic 2001 ode, Enjoy Your Rabbit, into string form.
Since the festival, the quartet’s repertoire has grown to include four more of these electronic pieces. After their debut show at Barbes in Brooklyn, Osso was approached by WNYC radio host, David Garland. He entreated the group to record some material for "Spinning on Air" and on Super Bowl Sunday this small feat was accomplished. The show, featuring performances of eight arrangements from Enjoy Your Rabbit as well as an interview with the group, will air at 7pm on Sunday, February 17th. New Yorkers can listen on the radio at FM 93.9 or AM 820 and anyone can stream the show live at WNYC’s website, here. A streaming version of the show will be subsequently available at Osso’s new
website.