Poetry, speech, vocal improvisation, and a wailing electric guitar capture the trauma that occurs when––as poet Warsan Shire puts it––“home is the mouth of a shark.”
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from Wall in the Desert,
released April 3, 2020
Written, performed, arranged, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joël Dilley at Mandala Music Production (www.mandalamusic.com)
Voiceover and vocals on “Wall in the Desert” by Bett Butler
Excerpt from Robert F. Kennedy’s address to students at the University of Capetown Day of Affirmation ceremonies, June 6, 1966, Capetown, South Africa
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