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Watch & Listen: Beck Performs a New Song, “Wave”

Last night (Sunday, November 25, 2013), Beck oversaw a performance of Song Reader, the sheet music album he published with McSweeny’s. The show was at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles where Beck premiered “Wave,” off his upcoming album Morning Phase. He was backed the 61-piece Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by his father, by David Campbell.

Artists who performed Beck compositions included: Jack Black, Jarvis Cocker, John C. Reilly, Anne Hathaway, Jenny Lewis, Childish Gambino, Van Dyke Parks and others.

Read a review at Rolling Stone.

Beck performing “Wave”:

Anne Hathaway and Jenny Lewis performing “Last Night You Were A Dream”:

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