Presented by Bayonet & Father/Daughter

S. Raekwon

Mar 19, 2022

1:00am – 1:40am CT

The Velveeta Room

This performance is part of the showcase that starts on Friday, March 18at The Velveeta Room

S. Raekwon, born Steven Raekwon Reynolds, is a singer/songwriter and producer from New York City by way of Buffalo, NY. The S. Raekwon project finds Reynolds documenting traces of a life both affected and infatuated by the power of difference.

Where I’m at Now, S. Raekwon’s full-length debut (released via Father/Daughter), is the album Reynolds made for himself with a clarity that arrived as he located his missing pieces in the world. Completely self-produced, his musings transform into a warm wave of genreless coherence, drawing influences from across R&B, rock, folk, and pop to build a record that shines in its quiet spaces as much as its sweeping movements.

Simply put, Where I’m at Now is an album where S. Raekwon is no longer invested in hiding. These records don’t contain answers, but signals toward what feels like the right direction. The roaming child, painfully aware of his difference and eager to understand it, is now a man walking tall on the path to knowing himself. Through his journey - of Blackness, of love, of pain and perseverance - he grants us permission to walk tall all the same.

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About
From:
New York, NY
Subgenre:
R & B