Martha Redbone performs live @ Mass MoCA
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Mass MoCA (1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA 01247, North Adams MA)
Martha Redbone, acclaimed vocalist, songwriter, composer, playwright and United States Artist Fellow of Cherokee/Choctaw and African American descent, creates multi-disciplinary works share her life experience as an Afro-Indigenous woman and mother in an ever-changing world. Martha works in partnership with longtime collaborator Aaron Whitby.
Their songs and storytelling give voice to issues of social justice, connecting cultures and celebrating the human spirit. Her works include several recorded albums, musical scores for Broadway and off-Broadway productions and high-energy live performances with her masterful band of funkateers.
Martha is invited by Jeffrey Gibson to engage with his installation POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT; she and her touring band will offer Song-scapes — an immersive, congregational concert honoring the space in sound, sonic time travel — connecting the ancestors and descendants, the past and present, unapologetically uplifting the Black and Indigenous interwoven American story in music.
Move and dance in the space in second line parade with the musicians to the Hunter Center, where she and her band will pay homage to the sounds of the Indigenous foundation of American Roots music; Southeastern Indigenous influences in Blues, Roots, Rock, Gospel, HipHop, EDM, and more: This Is What It Sounds Like When Worlds Collide.