April 10th

Untethered, led by Trumpet player and "electronic wiz" Paul Giess (Ropedope), approaches performance through what their drummer G. Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, Vernon Reid, James “Blood” Ulmer) describes as “Spontaneous Creative Composition.” Rather than adhering to fixed structures, the group allows sound to unfold in real time. Opening and tightening, cooling down and igniting. Creating music that is fluid, responsive, and alive in the moment. The result is a genre-crossing sonic experience where deep-pocketed funk exists alongside intimate chamber-like passages, and sensitive balladry carries as much weight as sound.

In this performance, the collective is presented as a trio, joined by Mathew "Honey Bee" Little, a Philadelphia-born pianist whose expressive playing adds melodic depth,  harmonic complexity and a sweetness to the group’s improvisational language. Little has shared the stage with artists including Musiq Soulchild, Talib Kweli, Bilal, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Haley Reinhart, and Dame Dash, bringing a wide-ranging musical sensibility that expands the trio’s dynamic range.

Anselm Berrigan's most recent book is Don’t Forget to Love Me, just out recently from Wave Books. He is the current lecturer for The Bagley-Wright Lecture Series.

Jericho Jennifer Nelson is the author of four books of poetry, most recently On the Way to the Paintings of Forest Robberies, winner of the Ottoline Prize from Fence. They are also the author of two art history monographs, most recently Lucas Cranach: From German Myth to Reformation. They teach art history at the University of Delaware and live in Philly.

Nikki Volpicelli lives in Jersey and upstate New York, where she hosts a work in progress reading salon called Good Work! She’s a fiction writer and graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work has been (or will be) featured in Barrelhouse, Entropy, Vice, Nylon, and The Southampton Review. She’s also a contributing essays editor for Zona Motel.

Jonathan Todd is a poet, anarchist, and confused individual. His work has been featured in Prolit and Protean Magazine among others. He is the author of 3 chapbooks, Burning Traces (2010), Overtime (Moonstone Press 2020), and Shift Drinks (Dead Mall Press 2023)