AJA MONET: THE COLOR OF RAIN
The day after bringing her singular, live show to NYC's Carnegie Hall, please join aja monet as she hosts an LP release/listening party... sharing her powerful new album, the color of rain, in the West Room at Nine Orchard.
The album's first single, “elsewhere”—a track that poetically grooves and glimmers—features soul-stirring vocals by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Novena Carmel. The track is a dedication to Sly Stone: "We were in the studio working on the album and learned of his death. Meshell told me to go home and write something not in memoriam, but in homage. The next day we started working on the song and it was like he was in the room with us. Everything came together in divine timing. I had already reached out to Novena Carmel and also Georgia Anne Muldrow but they both responded the same day and joined us. The song reminds me of our love for one another and the portal of possibility."
aja monet is a Surrealist Blues Poet in the business of goosebumps and heart-gut-telling truths. As the youngest recipient of the Nuyorican Grand Slam Poetry title, she first cut her teeth in New York City’s Lower East Side poetry clubs and bars, honing her voice and craft on the storied stages of a burgeoning grassroots poetry movement. She follows in the long legacy and tradition of poets organizing in social movements for change. Her collaborative spirit has seen her shape and shift culture alongside internationally renowned artists, scholars, activists, and organizers.
- Doors at 7:30pm
- Cash Bar
- Selections spun by aja monet
Make A NIGHT OF IT
Start with dinner at Corner Bar then head upstairs for the party — or join us for a nightcap in the Swan Room after the program.
