Brian Griffin

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  • Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall

    I was deeply honored to play in the house band the other night for a benefit for the Tibet House at Carnegie Hall. Guest performers included Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Tibetan singer Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Basia Barut, the Scorchio String Quartet and Gogol Bordello. The House band included long time members of the Patti Smith Band: […]

  • Brandi Carlile on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

    Here’s the performance with Brandi Carlile on The Tonight Show on January 12th 2016: httpv://vimeo.com/195863145

  • Tour wrap up / news

    What I’ve been up to – Just wrapped up Brandi Carlile’s “Firewatcher’s Daughter” tour. Great sold out shows at Red Rock’s Amphitheater, Wolf Trap Amphitheater in Virginia, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, The Orpheum in Boston, Radio City Music Hall, the Paramount Theater in Seattle. This coming week we’ll play on NBC The Today Show […]

  • Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon

    The new Lana Del Rey album “Honeymoon” just released last week. I played drums and percussion on the songs “Salvatore” “24” and “Swan Song”. I had a great time exploring sound palettes with Lana, producer Rick Nowels and producer engineer Kieron Menzes.

  • KEXP Seattle in studio with Brandi Carlile

  • Conan O’Brien with Brandi Carlile

    Here’s our performance last night of the new single “Wherever Is Your Heart” BC-03-03-15 from Brian Griffin on Vimeo.

  • Then Came The Morning

    The new album by the Lone Bellow is now available. Really excited about the songs and the great drum sounds we got! Aaron Dessner produced this record with us. Inventive orchestrations and tones. Check it out!

  • Fake Roses video

    Here’s the live video I filmed with The Lone Bellow for the new song “Fake Roses”:

  • New Lone Bellow live video

    Here’s the new live video for “Then Came The Morning” from The Lone Bellow. We recorded this live at a warehouse in Brooklyn about 2 weeks ago. Great mix and great performances by everybody!

  • Lucie Silvas

    Just played a great show with the amazingly talented Lucie Silvas in NYC tonight. Jamie McLean Malcolm Gold Jon Greene and Julian Pollack all played as well. Lucie is a brilliant singer and songwriter and I’m excited to watch her career explode! She has an incredible new record coming out in early 2015. Look out […]