About the Show
L’Rain is part of the Spring Revolution festival, National Sawdust’s annual two week festival celebrating the musical revolution created by Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Held from March 1st through March 11th, this year Spring Revolution celebrates the voice of women, with every night featuring female curators, artists and composers because the female perspective is the human perspective and the human perspective should be inclusive.
L’Rain, hailed by the New York Times as a “one-woman studio band” and by Tiny Mix Tapes as “the best moments of Stereolab or Frank Ocean’s ‘Endless,’” performs a set of spiritual music exploring the complexity of grief and the audacity of joy.
Lead by composer and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, L’Rain puts on a special performance as a quartet, with Ben Katz on saxophone + keyboards, Devin Starks on bass, and Buz Donald on drums + electronics.
About the Artist
L’Rain
Praise for L’Rain:
“…one-woman studio band…that’s a sea of loops: guitar arpeggios, synthesizer burbles, endless layers of vocal harmony.” –New York Times
“Taja Cheek’s debut album slips nimbly from one genre to another as she peels back layers of mourning …the album seems to happen all at once, all the time, its vividness and simultaneity as cutting as its intertwining melodies.” –Pitchfork
“A swelling orchestra of lush soundscapes and hypnotizing, layered melodies…. Soft spoken, at times, but pulsating with warmth…a gripping roller coaster of unexpected sounds and emotions…” –Afropunk
“…filled with experiments in looping, field recording, layered vocals and guitar arpeggios that call to mind the best moments of Stereolab or Frank Ocean’s Endless.” –Tiny Mix Tapes
