About this Event
<h4>Artist bios</h4>
Kamra is a singer/songwriter raised in the dry desert of Arizona now living between their farm in the Western Catskill Mountains and Toronto. Their interest in farming comes from their demanding passion for freedom and the frog habitat they built in their garage as a 4 year old.
Their music fuses string instruments, experimental sensibilities, field recordings, and band jams. Kamra’s music practice centers collaboration, painterly storytelling, and transfigurations that tend to emerge after a spiritual experience. Their popular single “Hear My No” is a sociocultural cry for more honest communication in relationships. They are also the author of , a practical workbook which challenges fixed notions of care, consent, pleasure, and harm.
Kamra’s songwriting derives wisdom from lived experience and surfs the waves of traditional African-American music with ethereal charm. Channeling the legacy of Black femme folk singers, Kamra puts their twist on the genre by blending the sentimental deep rich tones with soaring falsettos floating listeners off their feet. Kamra is backed by diverse musical arrangements that provide warmth and an ever-evolving form to their compositions, so that their voice can be free to carry toward other realms.
Yaz Lancaster is a transdisciplinary artist residing in Lenapehoking (NYC). Their work as a performer, composer, poet/writer, and collaborator is grounded in queer, DIY, and liberatory frameworks. Their debut record AmethYst, comprising music for violin, voice, and electronics was released in April 2023 (ppr). Recent and upcoming collaborators include Black Mountain College/Hub New Music, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dorothy Carlos, Eliza Bagg, Massa Nera, Mingjia, Minnesota Philharmonic, Miss Grit, and Sean Pecknold. Yaz additionally works as the co-manager of people places records, a co-organizer of abolitionist music collective Sound Off, and a freelance (music) writer. They love powerlifting, horror manga, and summers down South. More at yaz-lancaster.com.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sisters, 900 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, United States
USD 20.00
