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Lenny Zenith teams up with New Orleans musicians for Quarantine album
Quarantine, two songs recorded remotely with musicians in New Orleans, New York, and New Jersey.
“Always Near Me” (Side A) is a jazzy ballad featuring Lenny’s longtime friends, drummer Carlo Nuccio (Continental Drifters, Pat McLaughlin), and Paul Clement (Twangorama, Woodenhead), both veterans of past Zenith bands. Featured performers include New Orleans pianist Brian Coogan, and trumpeter Scott Frock, as well as another longtime friend, Alison Young (Songdogs), who contributes intimate vocal harmonies. The release raises money for House Of Tulip, a shelter for transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people experiencing housing insecurity in Louisiana.
Updated: 1:50 PM CST Feb 20, 2021
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Show Transcript HOUSING INSECURITY IS SOMETHING MANY BLACK AND BROWN TRANS PEOPLE AND GINGER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE EXPERIENCE. SULA: MARIAH MOORE KNOWS FIRST HAND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE NO PERMANENT SHELTER. SHE IS CO-DIRECTOR OF HOUSE OF TULIP, THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR TRANS UNITED LEADING INTERSECTIONAL PROGRESS. THEIR WEBSITE NOTES THIS STARTLING STATISTIC, THAT ONE IN THREE LOUISIANIANS IN THE TRANS GENDER COMMUNITY WILL EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES. NOT HAVING CONSISTENT SAFE STABLE HOUSING THAT REALLY SPOKE TO ME AND IT REALLY DRIVES THE WORK THAT I’M DOING. SULA: MOORE SAYS POVERTY RATES ARE EVEN HIGHER AMONG THE CITY’S BLACK TRANS RESIDENTS. DISCRIMINATION, IT WASN’T OUTRIGHT. YOU CAN NEVER PROVE THAT. BUT THAT FORCED ME INTO HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. I’M VERY OPEN ABOUT MY LIFE, BEING A FORMER SEX WORKER. MAINLY