Holley, Lonnie
Mith
The expansive American experience Lonnie Holley quilts together across his astounding album 'Mith' is both multitudinous and finely detailed. Holley's self-taught piano improvisations and stream-of-consciousness lyrical approach have only gained purpose and power since he introduced the musical side of his art in 2012 with 'Just Before Music', followed by 2013's 'Keeping A Record Of It'. But whereas his previous material seemed to dwell in the Eternal-Internal, 'Mith' lives very much in our world - the one of concrete and tears; of dirt and blood; of injustice and hope. The 10 songs feature contributions from fellow cosmic musician Laraaji, jazz duo Nelson Patton, visionary producer Richard Swift, saxophonist Sam Gendel and producer/musician Shahzad Ismaily.