OZ Arts Nashville’s Brave New Works Lab is happening Thursday (May 15) through Saturday (May 17). A celebration of local innovation and creativity with short-form performances by Nashville artists. One of the works that will be shown is Welcome to Paradise — A trippy multimedia-music experience by Landry Butler and Inglewood Social Club. Butler talks about his work and the basis of the film.
“We have a silent film and we are going to be live soundtrack,” Butler said. “If you went to the movies 100 years ago, there would be a silent film up there and there would be an orchestra, maybe just somebody on an organ, but providing that soundtrack. We will have some narration, we also work extemporaneously and because of that, each performance will be a different soundtrack. It’s like Grateful Dead, we’re not the Grateful Dead or even close. But it’s a similar idea, except that we never play the same piece more than once. Each night you’re gonna hear something that has never been heard before and will never be heard again.”
This week in live music:
Tonight (May 14) with U.S. Girls at Soft Junk and Swamp Dogg at The Blue Room. Former WNXP Nashville Artist of the Month Yola performs at The Basement East on Thursday (May 15). Back at the Blue Room is on Friday (May 16) with Low Cut Connie and Saturday night (May 17) at Bridgestone Arena Billy Idol and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts perform. At the same arena on Sunday (May 18), Stephanie Mills, Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, and Chaka Khan share the stage.