OPEN SINGING WITH THE HINTERLANDS FT. KESSWA

OPEN SINGING WITH THE HINTERLANDS
featuring KESSWA

Open Singing is a regular, open gathering of singers of all ages and abilities, normally hosted at by The Hinterlands at Play House. This special event is an online experiment featuring the Hinterlands, with guest artist KESSWA, hosted by Sidewalk Detroit. During each open singing session, participants sing a selection of songs drawn from a variety of singing traditions. Sessions are drop-in with no further commitment.

This was a one-time live event hosted and recorded on Zoom. The video is available below and on Youtube.

THE HINTERLANDS is a Detroit-based company creating performances and public events that are highly irrational and deeply American. From our original touring pieces to the events we curate in our Detroit neighborhood, our work is built around pressing into the unknown areas of our personal and collective history with fearless physicality and a sense of humor. Our performances smash seemingly disparate images and ideas together, culminating in new, highly layered meanings that are greater than the sum of their parts. We create a space for our audience to be in this unknown hinterland with us through techniques that disarm and disorient, short-circuiting expectations and luring them into unexpected interactions. For more information visit The Hinterlands. 

KESIENA WANGHO, aka KESSWA, is a multimedia performing artist from Detroit, Michigan. Through her work as a vocalist, producer, and vinyl enthusiast, she creates performances that integrate sound and light through music and mantra. Her most recent performance, KESSWA UNLIMITED, blends afro-surrealist visuals and the sonic elements of her debut EP, Soften.