Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms To Open Us (lim.ed. Cherry Red Vinyl)
Review
Ben LaMar Gay's critically-lauded 2018 break out Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun was more like a greatest hits than a debut album, as it compiled the best of the prolific but obscurity-prone Chicago native artist's previously unreleased music. Open Arms to Open Us will be our first release of brand new, freshly baked tunes by Gay, a collection recorded entirely at International Anthem studios in Chicago between March-June 2021. Featured artists on the album include: OHMME singers Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart, bassist/vocalist/arranger Ayanna Woods, multi-disciplinary Rwandan artist Dorothée Munyaneza, poet A.Martinez, cellist Tomeka Reid, and vocalists Onye Ozuzu, Gira Dahnee, and Angel Bat Dawid.
Tracklisting
1. Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks On You (featuring O< |
>2. Hood Rich Happy< |
>3. Bang Melodically Bang< |
>4. Aunt Lola and the Quail< |
>5. Mestre Candeia's Denim Hat< |
>6. Oh Great Be The Lake< |
>7. I Be Loving Me Some Of You< |
>8. Nyuzura (featuringDorothée Munyaneza)< |
>9. Slightly Before The Dawn< |
>10. Lean Back.Try Igbo (featuring Onye Ozuzu)< |
>11. Dress Me In New Love< |
>12. Touch. Don't Scroll (featuring Ayanna Woods)< |
>13. I Once Carried A Blossom (featuring A.Martinez)< |
>14. In Tongues And In Droves (featuringTomeka Reid)< |
>15. S'Phisticated Lady (featuring Gira Dahnee and Angel Bat< |
>16. We Gon Win |