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Contents Format: CD Specifications: Jewel case Lonnie Holley, a renowned visual artist/musician born in Birmingham, Alabama, releases his fifth album, "Tonky," two years after his previous album which dominated the media's year-end best album lists. Guests: Isaac Bullock (Modest Mouse), Angel Butt Dawid, Billy Woods, Alabaster DePlume, Mary Latimore, and others. Lonnie Holley will release his new album "Tonky" on March 21st via Jagjaguwar. "Tonky," his fifth studio album (third with Jagjaguwar), is a refined version of his 2023 album "Oh Me Oh My," which was selected as one of the year-end best albums by The New Yorker, Pitchfork, Paste, The Needle Drop, and others. The album features guest appearances from Isaac Brock, Angel Bat Dawid, Billy Woods, Alabaster de Plume, and Mary Lattimore. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1950, Holley has dedicated his life to the practice of improvisational creativity. His art and music are born from struggle and hardship, and perhaps more importantly, from intense curiosity and biological necessity, and are revealed through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and sound. Holley's sculptures are made from found materials, following the oldest traditions of African American sculpture. Objects already imbued with cultural and artistic metaphors are combined into narrative sculptures that commemorate places, people, and events. Holley did not begin making music or performing in a studio, and does not have the same creative process as typical musicians. His music and lyrics are improvised on the spot, changing and evolving with each event, concert, and recording. In Holley's original art environment, visual works were constructed and then deconstructed, their elements reused in new works. This often resulted in transferring individual narratives to new pieces, creating cumulative composite images with depth and purpose beyond the original single meaning. The layers of sound in Holley's music are similarly the result of decades of evolving experimentation. [TRACKLIST] 01. Seeds 02. Life (with Mary Lattimore) 03. Protest With Love 04. The Burden (with Angel Bat Dawid) 05. The Same Stars (with Joe Minter and Open Mike Eagle) 06. We Was Kings In The Jungle, Slaves In The Field 07. Strength of A Song (with Alabaster de Plume) 08. What?fs Going On (with Isaac Brock) 09. Fear the Machine 10. I Looked Over My Shoulder (with Billy Woods) 11. Did I Do Enough? (with Jesca Hoop) 12. That?fs Not Art, That?fs Not Music 13. Those Stars Are Still Shining (with Saul Williams) 14. A Change Is Gonna Come Media Reviews and More Ronnie Hawley, a renowned visual artist/musician born in Birmingham, Alabama. Two years after his previous album, which dominated the media's annual best album lists, he releases his fifth album, "Tonky." (C)RS
