Opening Doors: Race, Conversation & Song hosted by Alastair Moock
| Hours: | 8:00pm |
| Ages: | Kids, Teens, Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Lectures/Discussions |
Opening Doors is a new music and interview series hosted by Alastair Moock and presented in collaboration with the Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church Anti-Racism Team. The series features top national and largely BIPOC talent playing music and discussing issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion –– within the music industry and beyond.
Sunday, March 28 at 8pm
Vance GilbertThe Opening Doors series kicks off with Boston luminary and national folk music legend, Vance Gilbert. Vance, who has travelled the world and shared stages with the likes of Aretha Franklin, Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, and George Carlin (150+ shows), is a performer who defies stereotype: “I’m Black, I sing, I play an acoustic guitar, and I don’t play the blues,” he says. Dirty Linen describes him simply as “among the quintessential musical poets.”
Sunday, April 25 at 8pm
Moock’s second pair of guests are Dan and Claudia Zanes. Dan, a founder of the seminal Boston-based ‘80s rock band, The Del Fuegos, went on to launch a solo career in which he emerged as “the Gold Standard in kid’s music” (NPR).
He’s also a co-founder of Constructive White Conversations, an anti-racist White affinity group based in New York. In 2016, when Dan met Haitian-American jazz vocalist and music therapist, Claudia Eliaza, he not only found a new performing partner, but a new life partner as well.
The two now travel the world together, performing for families and continuing to set the bar for the genre. The Zanes will donate half of the online proceeds of their show to the Black Church Food Security Network.
Sunday, May 23 at 8pm
Rissi PalmerThe final guest in this first run of shows is Rissi Palmer. Rissi was recently featured in the New York Times as one of five artists who are “Black, female, and carving out their own path in country music.” She has performed at The White House, the Grand Ole Opry, on Oprah & Friends, and has shared the stage with Taylor Swift, The Eagles, and many more.
Guest musicians are paid a guarantee and, additionally, split online donations with an advocacy/charity organization of their choice. Shows stream live on Facebook and YouTube.
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