A star-studded concert, inspired by the Joel and Ethan Coen film Inside Llewyn Davis, is set for NYC’s Town Hall on Sunday, September 29th. The Coen Brothers and T-Bone Burnett will produce the concert, which will feature performances from Jack White, The Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Conor Oberst, Patti Smith, Marcus Mumford, Lake Street Drive, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings, the Milk Carton Kids, and many more.
A portion of the proceeds from the concert will benefit The National Recording Preservation Foundation.
For more background on Llewyn Davis, and concert information, check out http://www.insidellewyndavis.com/us/story
Here is the backstory of the film:
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS FOLLOWS A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG FOLK SINGER AS HE NAVIGATES THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLK SCENE OF 1961.
LLEWYN DAVIS (OSCAR ISAAC) IS AT A CROSSROADS. GUITAR IN TOW, HUDDLED AGAINST THE UNFORGIVING NEW YORK WINTER, HE IS STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT AS A MUSICIAN AGAINST SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES—SOME OF THEM OF HIS OWN MAKING. LIVING AT THE MERCY OF BOTH FRIENDS AND STRANGERS, SCARING UP WHAT WORK HE CAN FIND, LLEWYN’S MISADVENTURES TAKE HIM FROM THE BASKET HOUSES OF THE VILLAGE TO AN EMPTY CHICAGO CLUB—ON AN ODYSSEY TO AUDITION FOR MUSIC MOGUL BUD GROSSMAN—AND BACK AGAIN.
BRIMMING WITH MUSIC PERFORMED BY ISAAC, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND CAREY MULLIGAN (AS LLEWYN’S MARRIED VILLAGE FRIENDS), AS WELL AS MARCUS MUMFORD AND PUNCH BROTHERS, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS—IN THE TRADITION OF O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?—IS INFUSED WITH THE TRANSPORTIVE SOUND OF ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE. AN EPIC ON AN INTIMATE SCALE, IT REPRESENTS THE COEN BROTHERS’ FOURTH COLLABORATION WITH GRAMMY AND ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MUSIC PRODUCER T BONE BURNETT.