Lonnie Holley

Known throughout the art world for his found-object sculptures, paintings, and installations, American artist Lonnie Holley is also acclaimed for his recordings and performances. Entirely improvised and impossible to categorize, his free-flowing compositions include stream-of-consciousness lyrics delivered in his deeply expressive, world-worn bellow. He never performs a song more than once; for his performances, he'll write down a list of titles serving as subject matter, but the content is entirely different each time. His debut album, 2012's Just Before Music, was his first ...