Chalk Talk Concert: Alchemizing Earthfullness

Rejuvenate through the grounding and provocative sounds of bass and voice as Ben Finley and annais linares share songs and reflections inspired by alchemize, an audio program hosted by the podcast Green Dreamer.

annais linares is a vocalist-musician and social practice artist studying arts-based kin making through the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph. Her vocal practice bridges sentimental storytelling with experimental improvisation, contextualized by the space and place of the expression. She is interested in learning more about the lands she currently lives, works and plays on, which has sparked the concept of arts-based kin making as part of that navigation. Through it, she hopes to build and nurture relationships with more than human kin and collectively heal aspects of species loneliness.

At the age of 14, Ben Finley plucked his first bass string. Everything changed! Immediately, things fell still, without worry, in playful possibility. Miraculously, that feeling remains. Ben Finley is a collaborative and solo performer-composer, singer, improviser, and writer grounded in creative acoustic and electric bass playing. He leads and co-leads several ensembles that cross compositional boundaries, drawing inspiration from chamber music, song forms, improvisational music making, electronics and the sound worlds of local environments. He grew up on a music festival farm (Westben) where he witnessed many ways of making music, entwined with land and creatures.