I made a trip to Korea (Seoul) to reunite with my long time music collaborator, drummer and producer Min for a series of concerts. I had some of my greatest experiences as a performer; we were sitting around a gas heater, some of the audience so close I could shake hands, when we performed “Wade in the water” they all joined in with the chorus.
I was involved in a two men production of Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest” with the actor Dan Milton. We had a series of performances at the actors centre. This is how I experienced the performances:
Alonso’s paper crown crumpled.
For the villains: silk scarves from TKMAX.
Ariel sings soulful tunes, they’re jerky, moody, new.
We are losing the thread – confusion, suspense, fighting over a skirt
Miranda with a beard.
Cover up, the blame game, exhaustion sweat, breaking tongue
People are late, phones going off, escape artists never make mistakes
They just play, play, play
We were invited to Flensburg (Germany) to perform at the annual commemoration of the abolition of slavery. Since my father started a research project on the involvement of German port cities into the transatlantic slave trade this topic has been an inspiration to my songwriting.
