Puppet Music Hall

Miz Metro, a co-host of our upcoming show, Downtown Follies, shows another side of her vocal talents with affectionate rendering of Willie Nelson's song 'Crazy'.

Click to read more ...

our puppet host Edgar is joined by Miz Metro, who is one of the co-hosts of downtownTV.com's upcoming show, Downtown Follies. here they perform Miz Metro's original tune, 'Trashion'.

Click to read more ...

from time to time Puppet Music Hall features puppet or puppet-esque music videos created by others that we really like. this week's Puppet Music Hall features one of its favorites videos created by our friend Rodney Alan Greenblat - 'Chinese Disco', performed by the Japanese alternative rock girl trio Shonen Knife.

Click to read more ...

Gran Bel Fisher returns to Puppet Music Hall and joins our puppet host Edgar in a touching rendition of a Johnny Cash classic 'Sunday Morning Coming Down'.

Click to read more ...

Gran Bel Fisher is one of Hollywood Records' newest artists whose appeal is fast-spreading from cross-country critical acclaim to an audience discovering that rare combination of musicality, lyrical truths and natural presence. here, joined by Edgar, he performs acoustic versions of his original compositions 'Blow Your Mind' and 'Bound By Love'.

Click to read more ...

downtownTV-ites encountered Corey Dargel performing in an art museum but refuse to hold that against him. his original song ‘Don’t Let Me Lose Control of My Heart’, performed with our puppet host Edgar (who’s outed in this week’s episode of Look Who’s Talking), is a wrencher and their cover of Stephin Merritt’s (The Magnetic Fields) ‘I’m Tongue-Tied’ will hopefully amuse Stephin, Claudia and unnamed others.

Click to read more ...

in part 2 of Gary Lucas’ encounter with Edgar we share their joint bemusement of all things secret and mellow. or, should we say, they perform together ‘Secret Agent Man’ and Donovan’s delicious ‘Mellow Yellow’.

Click to read more ...

A world class guitar hero, a Grammy-nominated songwriter, an international recording artist with over a dozen acclaimed solo albums to date, and a soundtrack composer for film and television, Gary Lucas has peformed with a wide variety of distinguished artists including Lou Reed, Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley (with whom he co-wrote 'Grace' and 'Mojo Pin'). Here, joined by Edgar, Gary performs his song 'In a Forest' along with his own rendition of 'Let's Go Swimming' by Arthur Russell.

Click to read more ...

Kieran McGee performs his song 'Sammy Jones' and 'Patience' by Guns N' Roses in this, his second episode of Puppet Music Hall. He and Edgar are two rare and worthy artists and we hope you enjoy them together again as much as we do.

Click to read more ...

Kieran McGee released his first CD, which showed the insipient troubadourial talents of someone to be reckoned with, at the age of 15. And now in his tender 20s he's one of the purest truly talented singer-songwriters in the vibrant downtown New York music scene. Joined by Edgar, he performs one of his own compositions, 'Odessa', and together they give a fresh interpretation of the Carter Family song, 'Hello Stranger'.

Click to read more ...

Valerie Geffner, the noted film, theater and music artist extraordinaire, joins our puppet host Edgar in this beguiling modern version of the classic Sonny & Cher duet 'I Got You, Babe'.

Click to read more ...

Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls completes her mini-concert with Edgar with a stellar rendition of The Rolling Stones' rock 'n roll classic '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'.

Click to read more ...

Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls performs her own eternally haunting version of The Velvet Underground and Nico's 'Femme Fatale' with the help of our own eternally haunting puppet host Edgar.

Click to read more ...

Meryl Streep and Adam Guettel give a haunting rendition of 'Excellent Moon', written by Laurie Simmons and Michael Rohatyn, from Laurie Simmons' beautiful art film 'The Music of Regret', which debuted recently at the Museum of Modern Art.

Click to read more ...

Michael Leviton, a uniquely talented singer-songwriter and ukulele player, sings one of his best-known hits 'Summer's the Worst' with Edgar. Enjoy this cautionary tale of summer delight along with an intimate after-party puppet music mini-video of Devendra Banhart, Edgar and friends by the fireplace sharing the pleasures of a slightly bacchanalian 'Over The Rainbow'. Judy Garland never quite knew what to make of the rainbow but we hope that our uniquely matched troubadours do.

Click to read more ...

Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins), Johnathan Rice and Edgar sing Jenny's song 'Happy'.

Click to read more ...

Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins) and Johnathan Rice sing their song ‘Carpetbaggers’ with Edgar. Johnathan and Edgar sing Johnathan's song ‘Real Men Don’t Apologize’.

Click to read more ...

Billy Squier and Edgar, the puppet host of Puppet Music Hall, sing Billy's hit song 'Everybody Wants You'.

Click to read more ...