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Watch our new official video collage for our hiphop jawn “Money”. Produced by beat master BenOaks & featuring incredible lyrical finesse by Des Moines’ 66notes & Ren Thomas (of VH1‘s Signed) + soulful vox by Jefferson Ambrose
Download Bones Culture “Money” ONLY on Bandcamp!
Rad music blog Death or Desire gave a truly incredible review of “Summer’s Day” – a spoken word + jazz collaboration between our cofounder & creative director BenOaks & new lyrical artist LEE MORR.
“Summer’s Day” is the first song collaboration between BenOaks & LEE MORR.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/summers-day-feat-lee-morr-single/1671013388
BenOaks remembers “We met about 5 years ago when I was still partying & doing drugs. He protected a woman who he didn’t even know. I always remembered that. We ran into each other a few times since then. He always asked if I was making new beats. I took a few years off while I got sober. So when we ran into each other at a spoken word / poetry event last summer hosted by an artist who is a mutual friend, it renewed our friendship. We have been hanging out a lot since then at my studio I share with two other incredible artists. One a fine artist. Painter / print maker / carpenter Darren Jordan. Another a fashion designer- Bird aka BirdUpProductions. We have been doing shows all together this Winter. Our 3rd event all together is this Saturday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where we all live.”
Come make art with us! It’s our 2nd monthly event of 2023! FREE admission!
Music, art & Poetry at The Good Place (back side of the Manor Shopping Center – near the beer distro & beauty salon).
FREE art making, poetry writing & drum circle workshops start @ 5pm. OPEN MIC from 6-7pm. Signups start at 5pm.
MUSIC PERFORMANCES start at 7pm w LEE MORR, then CIRCUMSTANTIAL SAINT, followed by OLILEWYA & ending w BENOAKS w/ AROARA.
enjoy incredible art by DARREN JORDAN, SHAUNA YORTY & ERIC TONZOLA.
this event is FREE but please click this link to RVSP since space is limited to the 1st 100 people
some amazing new triphop collaborations btwn BenOaks & 66notes Rachael Green Sings Circumstantial Saint @the_Griot_Giant @androideddie @kalamitye @realpinkeyes Sir Dominique Jordan Sean Hogan W.O.N.E. Adam Kissinger Alexandria Lee Wise Todd B Stevens JW Nielsen Gentle Jones Ren Thomas Official Jefferson Ambrose Music
got SO MANY more for this year! follow BenOaks to stay tuned! 😘
Blending sexy, emotional spoken word with jazz keys & standup bass, “Summer’s Day” by Lee Morr & BenOaks is a powerful song that is 5 years in the making.
Lee Morr & BenOaks met when Benjamin first moved to Lancaster, PA from LA. They met regularly at a mutual friend’s house. Socializing & planning to collab “some day”. This summer Lancaster’s blossoming spoken word scene brought them together again. After a few weeks of meeting up at A Concrete Rose & Sir Dominique Jordan’s weekly spoken word open mic, they finally made plans to record at Benjamin’s new private studio – HighWise Multimedia.
Here is the debut collab!
See them perform THIS FRI @ Switchboard Studios & Gallery in Columbia, PA!
This is the first of MANY more to come. Word is, they may be making an EP or full-length album together this Winter for a Spring 2023 release!
Follow Lee Morr & BenOaks to stay tuned!
Have you ever felt abandoned by God? All alone with no one to turn to?
66notes take us on an emotional lyrical journey on our new bass-heavy trap banger “Don’t Ever Let Me Go” produced by BenOaks. Which also features a spoken word intro by Circumstantial Saint.
This single is remarkable since it is the first time Ben has started a beat. Finished mixing it. Sent to 66notes. And 66notes sent his mix back- all within 24 hours.
BenOaks and 66notes have been making music together for over 10 years but have yet to meet in person! Circumstantial Saint & BenOaks released their debut spoken word + R&B album this past fall.
Since meeting a few weeks ago, Brother Ray & BenOaks have performed their favorite R&B classic, Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine” a few times.
This is actually how they met too! BenOaks walked into Lancaster’s Penn Square (in the center of town) to busk like he usually does most Saturdays around noon. But someone was already in his favorite spot!
What a pleasant surprise when this person, Brother Ray, starts to sing Ben’s favorite song “Ain’t No Sunshine”! He then performs another of his faves- Sam Cooke’s “Change Gonna Come” 🙂
Ben ran home & grabbed his guitar. They’ve been rockin together ever since! They have already started recording Brother Ray’s debut album! Stay tuned!
Beloved street performer Brother Ray is currently in rehab 🙂 BenOaks has been inspired to open a community studio serving unhoused artists & musicians.
5 years ago, BenOaks made his best hiphop album w a handful of Bones Culture’s best lyricists- 66notes, Daytym, Android Eddie, & L. Soul.
SAMSARA drops on 12/13/22!
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