Lonnie Holley

early tracks from his collaboration with Matthew E White are very very promising; this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0o_g8RitDo
https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/matthew-e-white-lonnie-holley-broken-mirror-a-selfie-reflection/

Just heard him talk after a listening session for his new album that Moor Mother, Michael Stipe, Bon Iver , and others guest on.

He will be presenting an art piece he made to Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday morning and then will perform from 4 to 4:30 et at the National Gallery of Art in DC tomorrow as part of a 2 to 4:30 program on Black folk art . It will be live and streamed

https://www.nga.gov/calendar/lectures/conversations-with-artists/work-world-called-create.html/2023/03/10/1400

What a harrowing childhood he had . He’s a survivor.

New album is a Pitchfork best

Need to listen to the new one. He's great, he was in town here a few weeks ago to open a gallery show ahead of Big Ears, which he's performing at. He's kind of become a Big Ears regular, he does lots of things including art programs. Always seems like just a super sweet guy.

Uuuuhhh yeah this is incredible. Like a modern day version of Tom Waits’ Bone Machine. This is gonna tear it up in the EOY list season

https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/manifesto-lonnie-holley

https://images.ctfassets.net/adaoj5ok2j3t/6P56tyrwF0rBwbdrAKK6yj/3cb2a5b78af222d6db6d36b9f9641e23/manifesto-lonnie-holley-eso-tolson-wepresent-poster.jpg?w=1800&fm=webp

Folk-artist and performer Lonnie Holley will be backed by Lee Bains, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage tonight from 6 to 7 pm Eastern US time. The show is free but ticketed. It will also be streamed on the Millennium Stage Youtube & Facebook pages

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/2024/february/lonnie-holley/

I enjoyed that performance with Holley backed Alabaman Lee Bains, and the Fugazi rhythm section

do his vocals remind any one else of Van Morrison? giving the 1st Holley a spin today and I was just listening to Common One a couple days ago