Photo: Ebru Yildiz
Moor Mother: The Great Bailout
U.S. Premiere
Presented by Walker Art Center in partnership with Liquid Music
Sat, Sep 14, 2024, 7:30 pm
McGuire Theater, Walker Art Center
Tickets start at $15, fees included
“The poet laureate of the apocalypse” —Pitchfork
Moor Mother’s (Camae Ayewa’s) raw delivery is incendiary. In a blistering new song cycle, she confronts colonialism, slavery, and commerce in Great Britain and their historical parallels in the United States. Nodding to jazz, hip-hop, and Beat poetry, The Great Bailout springs from Ayewa’s wide-ranging practice of art and activism. Layers of instruments, voices, and electronics coalesce in this live rendition, performed with a hand-picked, seven-piece ensemble including composer and multi-instrumentalist Angel Bat Dawid, bassist and guitarist Melvin Gibbs, and revered Minneapolis musician Douglas Ewart.
Accessibility and Content Notes
ASL interpretation is planned for this performance.
Content Note: This performance contains themes of colonialism and slavery.
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