RONDI CHARLESTON

JOE'S PUB / MARCH 30

Vocalist and lyricist Rondi Charleston and pianist and composer Fred Hersch collaborated on Suspended in Time––A Song Cycle (Resilience Music Alliance, 2024) to reflect on the loss of time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rich and melodic seven-song album is based on Rondi's journal writings and musings that helped her stay sane and make sense of the chaos. With its poignant storytelling and poetry, Rondi's seventh album dives into the nature of time, its elasticity and how it can expose us to our most vulnerable selves. The meditation will be brought to life by Rondi, Fred, vocalists Kate McGarry and Gabrielle Stravelli, and the Crosby String Quartet. Audiences will be treated to a performance inspired by hope and renewal that might inspire them to re-examine how we choose to spend time.  SBL