serpentwithfeet

As serpentwithfeet, New York City's Josiah Wise unites R&B, gospel, classical, and electronic music into passionate songs that honor his roots and express the fullness of his sexuality as an African-American gay man. On albums such as 2018's soil, Wise's voice -- the product of classical training as well as singing in church since childhood -- flows over music that mixes the sensual with the divine and touches on inspirations as diverse as Brandy, Bjo¨rk, Antonin Dvorak, and Toni Morrison. Wise grew up in a religious family in Baltimore: his dad owned a Christian bookstore, w...