The New Yorker online published their very own interview with Lauren yesterday. Here Lauren discusses how The Leisure Class came about in a little more depth:

How did you meet your bandmates?
I live up here, and I played a little bit with some of these guys in a different configuration, the Blue Ribbon Boys. And then a couple of them were interested in playing more jazz music. It was a little scary for me, but I thought, O.K., cool, let’s do it for the joy of singing and making music. So that’s the idea: it’s just a fun—a leisurely—activity.
read full interview…

When it rains, it pours! Interview Magazine’s Culture blog has just published an interview with Lauren shedding some more light on her New York singing debut at Joe’s Pub.

“We’ll play standards and covers of rock ‘n roll songs in our style,” says Ambrose, meaning Ragtime, Louis Armstrong-style jazz. If you can score a ticket to the already sold out show, be sure to listen for the band’s two original songs, “My Love, How Could You?” (”A really beautiful slow jam”) and the “jazzy, old-timey” “Reefer.” If not, no worries–they might be back sometime soon. “These guys are really like gypsies on the road all the time,” she says. “So I guess that’s where the idea of The Leisure Class came about because it’s truly a leisure pursuit.”
read full interview…

We have some additional information regarding Lauren’s upcoming performance on November 15 at Joe’s Pub.
Lauren will be performing with The Leisure Class, a 7 piece New Orleans style jazz/swing band. NBC New York reports that she will be drawing from the repertoires of Nina Simone, Fanny Brice, St Vincent among others.

Tickets have all sold out now, but we’ll do our best to provide you with whatever coverage we can.

Many thanks to Alex from Joe’s Pub for filling us in!

Some incredibly exciting news! – Famed performance space Joe’s Pub has announced a revised upcoming line up of event in November and early December. Performers include Lauren Ambrose, Coleman Domingo, Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen, Hair’s Caissie Levy, and more.

Lauren is scheduled to perform on Sunday, November 15 at 9:30. Your guess is as good as ours in what she’ll actually be performing. If you’re interested and available, tickets can be purchased for $15 from the Joe’s Pub site.

We’ll keep you updated if any information regarding the performance becomes available.

The photoshoots category has been updated today. I’ve added some gorgeous promotional shots for Exit The King taken earlier in the year.
Tesla also kindly contributed untagged images from two shoots! An unknown set from 2008, and the Fox Upfront shoot from 2007.

GALLERY LINKS:
2009: Exit The King Promos
2008: Unknown Set #01
2007: Fox Upfront