Cindertalk is the stage and studio name of multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Jonathan "Jonny" Rodgers, and the ever-changing group of musicians who join him for performances and recordings. He is best known for his skill in playing an array of tuned wine glassesJonny Rodgers Plays Wine Glasses And It's Awesome, October 21, 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-3 (also known as glass harp) along with guitar, keyboards and loop pedals and has contributed to numerous albumsTen Shekel Shirt AllMusic Guide and film scores.My Brother Jack, January 10, 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-1
Biography Jonny Rodgers took the name Cindertalk in 2014 to differentiate himself from the other artists and musicians with similar names. The term "cindertalk" refers to the sound of live coals hidden in the ashes of the early morning fires he lights each day to warm his Oregon cottage.
Cindertalk's songs and live show are based around the combination of tuned wine glasses, guitar, loops, electronics and vocals. The New York Times' Allan Kozinn called Cindertalk's live show "a stunning demonstration of what can be done with tuned wine glasses.New York Times, Ecstatic Music Festival, February 8, 2012. Retrieved 2014-4-1”
Jonny is also a composer and producer, writing chamber, orchestral and choral music for concert and film.Jonny Rodgers IMDB Listing, February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2014-4-1 His most recent film credits include providing guitar for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's "Don Jon", glass and glass samples on "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby" and he wrote the complete score for indie film My Brother Jack.
Jonny's formative musical years were spent writing, touring and recording with his brother Steve Rodgers in the indie band Mighty Purple.Top 20 bands who shaped the sound of New Haven, October 3, 2012. Retrieved 2014-4-1Mighty Purple Brothers Reunite, October 31, 2013. Retrieved 2014-4-1 The band released seven albumsMighty Purple AllMusic Guide, Retrieved 2014-03-31 and toured the US multiple times. Literature and art run in Jonny's family including novelists and authors like his grandfather Joseph Chilton Pearce and great-uncle Richard Yates.
Jonny collaborates with many renowned musicians from the worlds of classical and indie music. He has played for the bands Son Lux,Son Lux and Jonny Rodgers at Joe's Pub , 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-1 NYC's classical-crossover band Awry (now My Brightest Diamond), Ten Shekel Shirt, Faux Fix, Todd Reynolds,Todd Reynolds And Friends , September 20, 2012, Retrieved 2014-4-1 Sxip Shirey, Arturo En El Barco, Angélica Negrón and many others. He has also collaborated with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's open-collaborative production company HitRECord.Joseph Gordon-Levitt Tumblr Post About Jonny Rodgers, Retrieved 2014-4-1
His latest album, Everything All at Once prominently features tuned wine glasses, guitars and electronics with loops used in unexpected and captivating ways. The album was released on Oct 8, 2013 on [Epitonic]Mighty Purple's Jonny Rodgers Releases New Album, October 31, 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-1 and Jonny subsequently toured the US with Radical Face.Radical Face with Jonny Rodgers, October 17, 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-1Jonny Rodgers at World Cafe Live , October 15, 2013, Retrieved 2014-4-1
For Record Store Day 2014, Cindertalk will be releasing a limited edition 7" vinyl called Spero which will help support Love146 and their efforts to end child trafficking and modern slavery.
Jonny currently splits his time between Brooklyn, New Haven, CT and a farm in Oregon.
Discography
Albums 2005 The Sound of Birds 2008 The Aviary 2013 Everything All at once (Epitonic)
EPs 2009 Spare Them All, et al. 2013 Every Mother's Child: Three Songs For Christmas
Vinyl 2014 Spero 7"
Filmography 2003 – Camp (MGM) / Guitar 2006 – Blind / Score 2009 – The Brothers Bloom / Core Team, Guitar 2009 – Art Therapy (Safe House Films) / Score 2011 – Et Soudain Tout Le Monde Me Manqué (The Day I Saw Your Heart, American Title) / Glass, Guitar 2012 – My Brother Jack / Score 2012 – Don Jon (Relativity Media) / Guitar 2013 – The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (The Weinstein Company) / Glass, Glass Samples
References
External links Official Website Official Bandcamp page Epitonic Artist Profile