Orchestra member James Brockman was mentioned in the March 24, 2025 “style” edition of the New York Times. Prints of his art can be found on his Etsy page and you can contact him at james.brockman@gmail.com for custom work.
James Brockman typing a portrait of Weird Al
Chronicle on WCVB Channel 5 invited us to be a part of their local percussion story. Thanks so much to Jon Rineman and the Chronicle team!
We present our new song This Could Have Been an Email as our own love letter, a plea for connection in the aloof era of e-correspondence and the telecommute, a song that humanizes the myriad mundane and fleeting moments from nine to five.
We’ll be performing at the upcoming benefit show for Mark Erdody at the Middle East in Cambridge on Saturday, June 8th.
Mark was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in November and he has been undergoing Chemotherapy every other week since then. Mark has been a staple in the Boston Rock scene since the late ’80’s and having a rock show benefit just makes sense. The afternoon show will be Rock bands and the evening show will be solo performances by some of Mark’s musical heroes playing a few songs from their back catalog. There may be a few surprise performers that the event planners are working on.
Tickets available at THIS LINK.
As always, keep an eye on our socials or our Upcoming Shows page for new announcements.
Here’s a clip from our latest practice space video: Floating Holiday. If a room full of gorillas were given floating holidays, would they type out Macbeth on a beach?
May your floating holidays be ever buoyant.
Today we present to you “Selectric Funeral”: our entry for this year’s Tiny Desk Contest and our first piece to include an electric typewriter.
We’re hoping we won’t get the Bob Dylan treatment, but why don’t Judas have a listen and draw your own conclusions?
New song amnesia, an instrument explosion and last minute reshuffling meant for a rough around the edges set at CCTV.
Boston Typewriter Orchestra Live Wire Sessions FOUR from Beth Redmond Walsh on Vimeo.
Many thanks to Lester Holt and Anne Thompson from NBC’s Nightly News for the great piece!
The boss had us reinvent the wheel, so we thought we’d kick the tire.
Here’s a new one we’re submitting to NPR Music for this year’s Tiny Desk Contest. It’s called “Left Blank.”
Seeing as we *only* play desk concerts, we think we’ve got a good shot.
Did you happen to catch us on WBZ-TV this morning with Levan Reid?