Taking the form of a cosmic lament, Lonnie Holley’s “I Went a Little Too Far (Mistreating Love)” aches with Anthropocene remorse, and like all of the Atlanta-based artists’s best work, is imbued with an emotional resonance that’s as mournful as it is beautiful. “In this video I fell in love with the image of him as a sort of prophet, wandering the planet, warning the inhabitants to change our ways,” says director Ethan Payne. “To ‘repent’ of how we harm each other and the earth.”
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Lonnie Holley :: In the Gardens at Pulp
Lonnie Holley is no stranger to collaboration. From Richard Swift to Matthew E. White and many more, his improvisatory spirit shines when working with simpatico artists. Here, he’s presented with a small acoustic combo at Pulp Arts, a multidisciplinary arts and fabrication space in Gainesville, Florida.
From The Edge of America :: Lonnie Holley and Richard Swift
Director Ethan Payne’s From the Edge of America documentary that captures the cosmic rapport between Lonnie Holley and the late Richard Swift, two men separated by decades in age, but united in spirit. Documenting the studio sessions that produced the National Freedom EP, this short form documentary offers an intimate look at two creative forces united in song.
Transmissions Podcast :: Lonnie Holley
Welcome to Aquarium Drunkard’s recurring Transmissions podcast. Today, we finish our mini-series in collaboration with the folks at Mexican Summer . In March, AD’s Jason P. Woodbury headed out to Marfa Texas to attend Mexican Summer’s […]
Lonnie Holley :: Just Before Music
“Where did it begin?” asks Lonnie Holley in his liner note. “We had songs with us all the time. Humans had songs even if they weren’t doing anything but moaning, […]