Join us Thursday night to hear selections from Savan DePaul's Acid Rain II, King Moosa's "Incarcerated Child", and Gabby Haze's Dan Layman with his original songs.
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From Savan DePaul: "What you are about to hear is selected music from my fourth studio album, here five years to the day after the first Acid Rain record dropped. The changes in myself and in the world that surrounds me between 2016 and 2021 are stark. Acid Rain II’s existence is partially a celebration of coming this far in life, but more importantly a confrontation of the frightening world I’ve inherited as an autistic adult as well as the dissection of my teenage beliefs. Acid rain to me back then was simply a consequence of straying away from some divine essentialist vision of society. Acid rain to me today symbolizes a self-inflicted rot, a paranoia that exists as a product of the reactionary. Corrosive breath dripping from the maw of an imperial dragon, a process that can be analyzed and conquered. Dull-toothed centrism and deference to authority give way to revolutionary fervor and surgical self-crit. Appreciation for art becomes a showcase in its wonders. What you will hear is the culmination of my first major artistic journey. This queer emcee finally finishes their first molt and stands ready for the rain, raincoat equipped."
From King Moosa: "My music came about as a therapeutic tool while driving a 25 year sentence that began when I was just 14 years old. Already using the art of hip hop to get through, I end up falling deeper in love with the culture once I realized I had something to say."
From Dan Layman: "I've been writing songs and playing music since the early 70s. My major influences are The Beatles, John Prine, John Sebastian, John Lennon and The Band. My music can be described as Americana or Hippie Folk Rock. I enjoy performing with the band: Gabby Haze, the trio: The Broken Hearts and as a solo artist. You can preview my original songs by going to Robert Pelny Dan Layman on YouTube. Robert took videos of the songs for me."