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The Silver Bowl is Filled with Snow

“I went to the woods
to be deliberate
& to lose
my other reasons”
–Hank Lazer from “September Days, A Bit at a Time”

I’m performing Saturday April 4 as part of a poetry reading/performance with Hank Lazer at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers to celebrate the release of Lazer’s latest poetry collection The Silver Bowl is Filled with Snow from Dos Madres Press.

Saturday, April 4, 2026 11am
The Silver Bowl is Filled with Snow
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401

I’ll provide ambient field recordings along with other electronic sounds; no banjo this time. I say it every time we perform: our work together continues to change and evolve while circling around a common interest in poetry and sound as opportunity for stillness, presence, and attention. This iteration leans into the soundworld of the recently departed Eliane Radigue.

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Bryant and Hopson and Marcus and Beatty

Poster that reads: Matt Bryant and Holland Hopson, Free Live Music, March 6th, 6-9pm, Marcus & Beatty, 2124 9th St. Poster shows a person playing a banjo and another person holding a ukulele

I’m happy to share a bill with Matt Bryant for a First Friday Tuscaloosa event at Marcus & Beatty. Matt and I will alternate solo sets during the night–Matt on ukulele and me on fretless banjo. We’ll both bring the electronics.

Friday, March 6, 2026
Matt Bryant / Holland Hopson
Marcus & Beatty
2124 9th St.
Tuscaloosa AL 35401

I’m a regular at Marcus & Beatty for haircuts, gifts and clothing. It’s so good to have them supporting music in the neighborhood! You’ll know you’re in the right place when you see the mural on the east side of their building.

Mural of white images on a black background with some red highlights. The mural reads "Slow Talk" and depicts a possum, crow, raccoon, cardinal along with magnolia blossoms, lilypads and other plants

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Bowles Fouse Duo Bring Cypher to Huntsville

Pianists Kathryn Fouse and Adam Bowles wrap up their recent Alabama tour presented by the Birmingham Art Music Alliance with a concert at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Sunday, March 1. They’ll perform their program of new compositions for piano, including my piece Cypher, A Circle for two pianos. Other composers on the program include Ron Clemmons, Michael Coleman, Monroe Golden, Gavin Green, Michael Huebner, Mark Lackey, and Emily Zhang.

Sunday, March 1, 2026 6pm
Bowles-Fouse Piano Duo
12th Annual Keyboard Festival
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville AL 35209

Cypher, A Circle is a series of guided improvisations using the puzzle-like diagram above to determine pitches, durations, number of notes, etc.

The concert is part of the 12th Annual UAH Keyboard Festival which will feature works by CNSNC (Consonance), a New Jersey-based collective of six contemporary composers on Monday, March 2.

These concerts are supported in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

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More Abundance

Decorative flyer depicting a small barn in a misty rural landscape

Hank Lazer and I are returning to our recent performance celebrating the release of Lazer’s poetry collection Abundant Life. Hank will read selections from the book. I’ll provide some ambient field recording sounds, play my electric clawhammer guitar, and deploy some voice-responsive electronics.

“[Art is] a craft-based tool for the study of consciousness.” — Caroll Dunham

I think this description fits what Lazer and I do together.

Friday, February 13, 2025 5:30pm
Abundant Life
Lorrie Lane Studio
2420 Gary Fitts Street
Tuscaloosa, 35401
Reading and performance with Hank Lazer

We’re happy to be performing in Lorrie Lane’s recently expanded studio on an evening’s program that includes some hands-on art marking, too!