Lucy Foley will debut her new multimedia show May 24 at apexart (photo by Lucy Foley)
apexart
291 Church St.
Thursday, May 24, free, 6:30
212-431-5270
www.apexart.org
New York–based Irish singer and photographer Lucy Foley will be presenting her latest multimedia work, Songs for People I Will Never See Again, on Thursday night at 6:30 at apexart on Church St. The free performance will consist of live music and stories by Foley, with Ross Bonadonna on guitar and laptops, Gavin Smith on accordion, synths, and steel drum, Andy Mattina on bass, and Tom Pope on drums, accompanied by projected images. The tales are inspired by real-life unique individuals she has come upon, “people frozen in the moment of their appearance and of their disappearance,” Foley explains on her website. The show will consist of new songs as well as new arrangements of all the tracks from her 2010 debut album, Copenhagen, on which she also collaborated with Bonadonna. “Your life sprang a leak and out I flew / Along came a song and moved into your home with her / So we went out into the street / And we all fell apart together,” Foley sings on the record’s “Kiss You Free.” Foley will also be playing next month at Freddy’s Bloomsday Party on June 16 for Katie Welty’s art opening, along with the Highland Shatners, Plastic Beast, ScriptBreaker, and Cancion Franklin.