About the Album:

“Lost Voices: Digital Griot” is not just an album; it is a sonic journey that weaves together history, culture, and social consciousness. The album, curated by Nicholas Payton, pays homage to the cornerstone of the West African Oral Tradition. They functioned as poets, storytellers, and musicians that told “the story” across generations. Payton uses today’s technologies to create this unique sound using AI.

About the artist:

Nicholas “Nick Slay” Payton – not to be confused with the Jazz Legend “Nicholas Payton” also hails from the birthplace of Jazz, New Orleans. Learning how his grandfather hustled to feed his family inspired his own “hustler’s spirit” and unlocked his own gift for gab to talk his way into the entertainment industry. The Griot or traveling storyteller, is at the cornerstone of the West African Oral Tradition. They functioned as poets, storytellers, and musicians that told “the story” across generations. Fast forward to the 21st Century, Black American Music (as so called by that same Jazz Legend Nicholas Payton) has touched and transformed music anywhere Africans and descendants took a melanated step.

This is a free event. Light refreshments will be served.