Serene Sessions: Alt-RNB Listening Experience

note: RSVPs are for interest. enter with or without rsvp.

From the creator of The Music Nerds...welcome to SERENE SESSIONS, your alt-R&B listening experience exploring the many “shapes” of modern R&B music. Those shapes?

Blues/Soul: SZA, Cleo Sol, Frank Ocean
Funk: Anderson Paak, The Internet, Thundercat
Dance/Electronic: Kaytranada, Kelela, Rochelle Jordan
Fusion Genres: Bryson Tiller, Party, H.E.R.
Caribbean Fusion: Kranium, Shenseea, Skeete
Afro-Wave: Wizkid, Tems, Odeal
Classics: Aaliyah, Kelis, The Neptunes, Beyoncé
Sing-A-Long Anthems: Summer Walker, Kehlani, Leon Thomas, ‘00s

…and much more!

Storytelling Interlude: Rising artist SHAUNY will give us a storytelling interlude about 2 songs from her lovely catalogue around 4:30 p.m.

Souvenir: The first 15 arrivals will get a special card that links to a playlist inspired by the evening’s set.

Shape Serene Sessions: Write down artists that you’d love to hear in forthcoming sets and leave it in the drop box at the event.

SAINT JAMES LIBATIONS: SERENE SESSIONS will take place at the spacious wine bar Saint James Libations, a Black women queer owned venue in the heart of Bushwick.