Joy Guidry at The Nimoy

“Joy Guidry’s work has a cathartic power to it that condenses into heavy, affecting passages that spill into the air from every direction.” — Foxy Digitalis

Joy Guidry’s Five Prayers, is an intuitive convergence of sound, spirit and radical self-expression. A celebrated voice in experimental and avant-garde music spaces, Guidry pushes sonic boundaries rooted in Black sonic traditions. With this new album, they shift away from free jazz and into a meditative, ambient realm. In the live performance, Guidry blends bassoon with low rumbling synths, warm electronic sounds and poetry that reflect the artist’s lived experience as a Black trans woman from the South.

Five Prayers is a profound act of self-exploration and liberation, offering audiences a raw, vulnerable and transcendent musical journey.

The evening opens with a set by Colloboh, a Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist who creates progressive electronic music compositions through the guidance of intuition. A self-taught synthesist, Colloboh has toured and performed with revered acts such as Suzanne Cianni, Beach House, Richie Hawtin, Kim Gordon and others.