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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!

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A More Abundant Life with Hank Lazer

I’m appearing tomorrow at a poetry reading/performance with Hank Lazer at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers to celebrate the release of Lazer’s poetry collection Abundant Life. I’ll provide some ambient field recording sounds, play my electric clawhammer guitar, and deploy some voice-responsive electronics.

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 5pm
Hank Lazer
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401

Hank and I have been performing together for the last 5 years–less than a quarter of the time represented in Abundant Life. And like the poetry in the collection, our work together continues to change and evolve while circling around a common interest in poetry and sound as opportunity for stillness, presence, attention.

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Dance, Verse, Music

The University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance presents Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre: Verse this week. Three of my musical compositions are included in the show which also features poetry and choreography by guest artists. Percussionist Jennifer Caputo will also perform.

Tuesday, October 22 – Friday, October 25, 2024
Alabama Repertory Dance – Verse
University of Alabama
Dance Theatre
428 Colonial Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Poets

  • Kwoya Fagin Maples
  • Earnest Ohia
  • Halak Pandya
  • Madeline Simms

Choregraphers

  • Sarah Barry
  • Kirven Douthit-Boyd
  • Daphne Marcelle Lee
  • Jamorris Rivers
  • Marcus Williams
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Taking Wilbur Home

I’m headed to Florence, Alabama, today for a performance with poet Hank Lazer. We’ll perform sections from his newest book, As We Vanish from Public View and a variety of other material with banjo and electronics.

I’ll also play a few tunes on acoustic banjo using Wilbur, my Dobson-style banjo. Wilbur was my very first banjo–it was a gift from Margaret Darby. She had kept it for many years in the attic or garage of her beautiful Victorian home in Florence. I named the banjo after her late husband, Wilbur, who she claimed was a friendly ghost in the house.

Friday, October 4, 2024 6-8pm
As We Vanish from Public View
Abraham Rowe Photography
204 Cypress Mill Road
Florence, Alabama 35630

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As We Vanish From Public View

I’m excited to provide ambient music for Hank Lazer‘s poetry reading tomorrow at the launch of his latest collection of poems, As We Vanish From Public View. The reading will be at Ernest & Hadley, my favorite local book store.

Saturday, August 3, 2024 11am
As We Vanish from Public View
Ernest & Hadley Booksellers
Tuscaloosa AL 35401

For this event I’ve built some generative music devices in Cycling ’74’s Max to create melodies and harmonies on the fly. I’ve also chosen a selection of my field recordings.

Speaking of field recordings, one of our recent projects was field recordings of mind in morning.