July 26, 2024
Jul 26, 2024
On today’s show we’re going to revisit a live event Citizen Vinyl put on in August 2021. We invited a poet and a painter to talk about their creative efforts to revive an epic African folktale.
Glenis Redmond, the “Afro-Carolinian poet” teamed up with British painter Julyan Davis to produce a spoken word album called, “Cymbee.” It’s named after an African mermaid. Her legend traveled along with enslaved Congolese people who were brought to the shores of South Carolina.
In this episode we’ll hear how Julyan first encountered the folktale and how Glenis weaves her own ancestry and identity in its retelling.
Join us Saturday, July 6, 6-9 p.m. for the Big Crafty CrAfter Party! Free and open to the public
Garden & Gun proudly presents its second vinyl compilation, G&G Vol. 2. Crafted in the heart of North Carolina, it was pressed by Citizen Vinyl.
Join us to network and build community with your fellow industry workers and musicians! Work at a venue? Promote shows? Produce or record records? Play in a band? Write songs? This is for you. Our co-hosts Come Hear N.C., an initiative of the N.C. Department… View Article