WMI Plus At Home - Martha Redbone with Claudia Acuña

WMI Plus At Home Experiences are free of charge, but you must register to reserve your space. You will receive an order confirmation once your registration is complete that includes the link to the event. Only registered participants will receive email instructions on how to join the event via Zoom online. Bring your questions! The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session with attendees posting their questions electronically for live answers.

Martha Redbone and Claudia Acuña have been working on a very special project together since the pandemic with discussions of the music diaspora of the Americas through indigeneity, TransAtlantic slavery and grappling with the history of colonization and the ways that culture continues through maternal lines. Both are co-curators of Carnegie Hall’s children’s program Musical Explorers sharing the folk music from their respective backgrounds. During this session, they will continue these discussions.

Martha Redbone is an award-winning vocalist, songwriter, composer, educator, and United States Artist Fellow celebrated for her tasty gumbo of roots music embodying the folk and mountain blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky with the eclectic grit of her teenage years in pre-gentrified Brooklyn. Inheriting her powerful gospel-singing father’s voice and the resilient spirit of her mother’s Southeastern Indigenous and African American culture, Redbone broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. Her songs and storytelling share her life experience as an Afro-Indigenous woman and mother navigating these challenging times. Martha works in partnership with longtime collaborator Aaron Whitby. Their album projects and musical works give voice to issues of social justice, connecting cultures and celebrating the human spirit. Visit martharedbone.com for more info.

Claudia Acuña Claudia Acuña is a Latin Grammy Award nominee and NPR Tiny Desk Concert artist 2023. Born in Santiago, Chile, and raised in Concepción, Acuña established herself on the Chilean jazz scene in her early 20s. Arriving in New York City in 1995, Acuña quickly gained recognition as a leading voice in the New York jazz scene, rapidly being transformed by a wave of brilliant Latin American musicians. Acuña is celebrated for her vision of blending her South American folk music with jazz and world music. She is known for collaborations with jazz masters Harry Whitaker, Arturo O’Farrill, Guillermo Klein, Branford Marsalis, George Benson, Kenny Barron, Louie Vega, Tom Harrell, San Carlo D i Napoli Symphony Orchestra, and more. Learn more at wwww.claudiaacunamusic.com.