THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS: Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company
Martin Luther McCoy
Martin Luther McCoy will perform a personal and intimate set of rare classics from his catalog. He will debut a new suite of tunes from his upcoming release The Warmth of Other Suns. Accompanying himself on guitar, Martin also plans to delve into the music of influential singer songwriters like Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, and Prince.
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“ Music is the air that I breathe and that’s why I need it. I feel like the times have caught up to my artistry in a unique way so I hope that my music can provide a salve of inspiration through words and melodies.”
Actor, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, soulman. San Francisco native Martin Luther McCoy refuses to confine himself to any one creative pursuit. An essential catalyst on the Bay Area’s fertile 1990s neo-soul scene, he continues to serve as a conduit for socially conscious music. On the cusp of releasing his fourth full-length studio album, a self-titled LP focusing on original material, Martin Luther also tours as lead singer with the interdisciplinary alt-art-rock performance group Moon Medicin, a project led by keyboardist and internationally acclaimed visual artist Sanford Biggers. In some circles Martin Luther is best known for his work with the seminal hip hop collective The Roots. Many others discovered him through his incendiary performance starring in Julie Taymor’s 2007 film Across the Universe. He’s performed with Dave Matthews, Jill Scott, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many other marquee acts. He was recently cast in the role of Musician, a griot sage, in Yale Repertory Theatre/ American Conservatory Theatre’s production of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3). If there’s one thread connecting all of Martin Luther’s endeavors it’s his grounding in the verdant soil of African-American culture, a soul-steeped presence that leaps off of stages, screens, and bandstands.