Shannon Lay & Noah Klein at Paramount Ranch (photo by Adam Pracher)
When Shannon Lay checks in to see if her and a bud can close out their tour by serenading friends on a sunny day underneath the Audubon Center’s beloved peppercorn tree, we simply have no choice but to pack our blankets for a most transcendent afternoon of songcraft in the springtime.
Steeped in the rich tradition of singer-songwriters like Sibylle Baier, Vashti Bunyan, Karen Dalton, and Linda Perhacs, Shannon is just the kind of songwriter who doubles as a spiritual guide, kindly and patiently directing the listener towards their own sense of inner tranquility. We’ve held concerts together at Zorthian Ranch, the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden, on the steps of the old western train station at Paramount Ranch, and are really looking forward to sharing song in peppercorn paradise. Setting the tone this afternoon is Buddy Hollywood (fka Jesse Summers), who we know so little about, but if he’s coming through with that wide brimmed hat & turning the reverb up on that guitar we know we’re in for a mighty fine afternoon of swooning and storytelling.
Bring a blanket, a friend, a picnic, and pull up with us this Saturday afternoon.
All ages & donation based & Zapatista Coffee while it lasts.
Music begins around 12:30p.
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A gentle reminder: please leave your adorable pups at home this afternoon as to not disrupt the Audubon Center’s ongoing habitat restoration efforts.
Shannon Lay’s music is shored by radical empathy. After 15 years of writing, recording and performing her singularly gentle songs in venues around the world, the self-taught singer-songwriter is most concerned with how her music may help people in emotional and spiritual need. In a world of persistent change, Lay’s goal is to have concentrations of love and energy in her work that double as a helping hand or a voice whispering “everything is going to be ok.” The singer’s abiding belief is that immense change also means invaluable transformation and permanent relief. Intention is her North Star.
For 20+ years the Audubon Center at Debs Park has been a beacon for how conservation organizations can work within our cities to cultivate a deeper relationship between people and place. Through monthly hikes, restoration days, bird walks, field trips, movie nights, community festivals, and hosting gatherings like these each and every month, the Audubon Center at Debs Park has played an essential role in building a more diverse and inclusive conservation movement here in Los Angeles.
We’re so grateful for the humans of the Audubon Center, the advocacy that they champion in dialogue with local culture and native ecology, and it is an absolute honor to gather here together on the 3rd Saturday of (almost) every month.