In 2017, vocalists Arta Jēkabsone and Erik Leuthäuser began an intercontinental musical collaboration. With complementary senses of lyricism and emotional clarity, they released an album of original compositions entitled Yesterday Still Lies Beneath The Floorboards in 2018.

Some time later, Leuthäuser found a volume of poetry by the writer Dean Wilson in a London bookshop. He shared the work with Jēkabsone on a New York trip, and they fell in love with Wilson’s plainspoken depictions of the English seaside where Wilson lives. The pair set several of these “Beachfinds” to music, releasing an album of the same name last fall.

This weekend at The Jazz Gallery, Jēkabsone will team up with pianist Kenchakaj to perform music from the record, perhaps discovering new musical pebbles (link) to observe and cherish.

Arta Jēkabsone (vocals/electronics) and Kenchakaj play music from Beachfinds at The Jazz Gallery on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The duo will be joined by special guests. Sets are at 7:30 and 9:30 P.M. E.D.T. $20 general admission (FREE for members), $30 reserved cabaret seating ($20 for members), $20 livestream access (FREE for members) for each set. Purchase tickets here.