The Rolling Calf: Elaine Mitchener / Neil Charles + special guest petals
Photos: Chris Scott
petals / Dogs Paw Trio
The Dog's Paw Trio are a multi- instrumentalist trio interested in play improvisation and silly songs. They are Ed Shipsey, Jordan Muscatello and petals. Their influences and playing traditions range from traditional African folk musics all the way to free jazz, chamber music, and improvised music. Their CD ‘patience then light’ was recently released on ZOK Records.
Tobi Adebajo & petals
alaloota. it starts off with sound. sonic dreams. how we feel & breathe & touch sounds in our unbodies. ancestral sounds, Luganda, Yoruba, like some kinda answer, whispers, passing. remembering dreams past, near to us, & future. trans(itory) dreams that begin with rhythm & grow into something else we cannot name. as we sing & play, we see visions of each other. we see ourselves as a harmonised becoming. we are mischievous loving goat companions moving through the sorrows of grief- work. & yet, we laugh. & we hold & ground each other through the heartfelt air of love/care & friendship. we unsound sounds that come from elsewhere & summon them to stay. & we invite you to get somewhere in our dream sound, or simply listen ... to this dreaming of sounds with us.
The Wire Magazine, September 2024.