Sunday at The Freight! FIGHT THE POWER is aย musical and visual tribute to MLK, featuring reimaginings of classic Civil Rights-focused songs from the โ60s through today. Along with the cream of Bay Area musicians, co-curator Zoรซ Ellis will sing, and Iโll be narrating.
Get tix now at link in bio.
Watch me at work last Sunday, dropping musical history about Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and his many, but rarely known, connections to Glide Memorial Church.
#musichistorian #longstrangetrip #deadheads
My new ambient protest album has a visual component, and it will screen at the Museum of African Diaspora on November 6, along with a Q&A from yours truly. Get ready to chill and contemplate.
Learn more at link in bio.
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#AmbientMusic #MarkMontgomeryFrench #TranceVisuals #Dreamscape #MoAD
Iโm thrilled that Kate Bushโs โExperiment IVโ is back on streaming, but the music video is a whole terrifying meal. Itโs like a 5-minute Stranger Things ancestor.
youtu.be/JL1KkExQwXA?...
More episodes this fall! Already recorded!
โ๏ธ Come out tonight, then chill out tonight.
#ambient
๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ก๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐? ๐ซ
๐ Arise, My Darling ๐
This is a spell for stillness, a dream in slow motion, a rising.
From my ambient album ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐,
Let it take you.
Link in bio. ๐ง
#AmbientMusic #Dreamscape #SlowArt #Soundscape #ExperimentalMusic
This week, country act Gavin Adcock gave his opinion about Beyoncรฉโs album outselling his own:
โThat s--- ainโt country music, and it ainโt ever been country music.โ
Learn more than Gavin at my talk ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฬ: July 19 at Fremont Public Library.
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๐ฃ In honor of #Prince's #birthday today, you can watch my copyright-violating talk "Prince as a Revolution" for free on my Patreon page ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ณ! If it inspires you to support me through Patreon, thanks in advance.
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#learnsomethingnew #theartist #musictalk
๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐ is available everywhere.
#Ambient music for contemplation, resistance, and recovery.
Let the string quartet drift into dub.
Let gamelan bells guide you inward.
๐ง Listen & share at link in bio.
#NewMusicFriday #AmbientMusic #Soundscape
๐ Join me at Dark Garden on June 12 for an exclusive listening party of my new ambient album:
๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐
A 35-minute suite of strings, dub, gamelan & noir jazz โ with immersive visuals & a live Q&A.
๐ช VERY limited seats.
๐๏ธ RSVP now: bit.ly/goblet-at-dg
๐ง Before my new ambient album ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐ drops in 4 days, enjoy a selection of my previous ambient work.
๐๏ธ Listen with headphones at link in bio.
#AmbientMusic #ModernClassical #ExperimentalMusic #JazzNoir #Soundscape #MarkMontgomeryFrench #Artist
๐ฏ๏ธ Pre-save now: ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐
Out June 5, this album is ambient meditation through the lens of resistance and recovery.
String quartet. Dub. Gamelan. Noir jazz.
Itโs music for headphones and healing.
๐ง Pre-save via link in bio.
#AmbientMusic #IndependentArtist
โโซ โข Enjoy this taste of my FREE talk โUnsung Women of Musicโ happening March 27 at Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
Featuring: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Wendy Carlos, Maria Schneider, and more!
Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/99143...
It was just one of those days when I, the choir I road manage, and 200 strangers ended up singing deep listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros's "The Tuning Meditation" with Grammy-nominated conductor Christopher Rountreeโฆwith no planning whatsoever. It was glorious!
โโซ โข Did you know that less than 3% of major label record producers are female?
Come celebrate Womenโs History Month with my talk โ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐,โ March 27 at Lafayette Library. Itโs a humorous historical talk that reveals the women nudged to the margins of music history.
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For Black History Month, I read โ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ง๐ฃ: ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐พ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฅโ to the kids at Oaklandโs Montclair Elementary, thanks to my buddy & rockstar librarian Jen Vetter. I got to tell about the immigrant who helped build the most dominant art form of the last 50 years!
Join me on Feb 12 for ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฬ: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐, a humorous, highly immersive, and historically accurate talk that uncovers the African-American roots of Country, Folk, and Americana music.
Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/40597...
๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ.ย Oneโs an earnest folk ditty from a film score, oneโs a restorative ambient piece, and oneโs an Americana Christmas waltz. You know,ย ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ.
Listen on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
โBeatles โ64โ is the first documentary Iโve seen that shows Beatlemania through a non-white lens. From period footage of Black & Latino fans through current chats with Ron Isley & Smokey Robinson, it captures people of colorโs unique take on The Fab Four.
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Boom. Prairie Prince on Skylarking, Apple Venus, and Wasp Star was amazing. Great call.
Tonightโs question at the gig: what bands changed drummers after their breakthrough yet didnโt fall off commercially or critically? We came up with Pearl Jam (3 over first 4 records) and The Cure (Lol Tolhurst was the first but Boris Williams was on โDisintegrationโ, among others. Anyone else?
Guess which character on this poster is me! Then come by and see me as โThe Ghost of Christmas Presentโ at The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, November 23 - December 22 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA
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Iโm the bassist for Mr. Cindy and the Smokers, so come out and hear the dive bar band of your dreams 11/21 at The Lost Church in SF!
