Lonnie Holley - Tonky (Jagjaguwar)
- The Slow Music Movement
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
*** This review first appeared in TSMM's March 29th Newsletter, where you can get all the tips, and more, first. ****
The Lonnie Holley story is an amazing one to say the least, and it’s heartwarming to see this singular artist getting his dues and (hopefully) paid after all these years. I was instantly smitten by his first two, CD/Vinyl only albums (#1 and #2), and they’re two of my most treasured CDs, and possibly the two best examples of far-out Afrofuturism known to man.
Since he got “discovered” he’s been stretching out stylistically, putting out a steady stream of releases, with an A-list of TSMM approved collaborators - Matthew E. White, Jeff Parker, Moor Mother amongst others previously, and Saul Williams, Billy Woods, Open Mike Eagle, Angel Bat Dawid & Mary Lattimore to name just a few on this latest LP - he’s got impeccable taste in collaborators.
To be quite honest the recent material prior to this has been a mixed bag, certainly nothing bad and occasionally brilliant, but this new LP is a start to finish listen both vocally and musically, with the vibes and vision tuned in that much tighter to Holley’s singular, on point and pointed lyrics. Check him out, he’s one of a kind.
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