On Friday, March 11th from 7 to 8 pm the multimedia, avant-garde music/art duo Black Lake will present a free performance at the Lightforms Art Center, at 743 Columbia St. in Hudson, NY. Black Lake consists of vocalists, guitarists, and multi-instrumentalists S. Moss and Susan Jennings. On February 25 the group re-released their 4-song album “Shake” on New Reality Records Their Facebook page tells audiences to expect an “immersive, other-worldly art music experience.”

The March 11 performance is offered in conjunction with and amidst the ongoing art exhibition at Lightforms of new artworks on paper, paintings, and sculpture by S .Moss, titled The Lightness of Winter showing from March 4 through April 10.. In Black Lake, Moss (who is also known as Moss, Moss Crayton, and Slink G. Moss) plays guitar and percussion and is the lead vocalist and songwriter. Jennings, who graduated from Yale and Hunter Colleges and lives in western Massachusetts, plays guitar as well as her handmade “sound-sculpture” instruments, and is also an award-wining and widely exhibited visual artist.

About the duo’s name, Jennings has said, “We’re all about nature and consciousness. The name is so perfect for us, since when a lake is still at night, it reflects the heavens.” Moss attended the Art Institute of Chicago, moved to New York City in 1997, and then to Hudson in 2000. While in New York City, Moss worked in advertising and fashion, acted in films, and formed the Slink Moss Orchestra. Black Lake has been awarded multiple artist residencies for their solo and collaborative art and has performed at various art museums, galleries, and other venues. Moss’s previous bands have released several CDs. He is currently working on multiple musical projects including Black Lake, Wild Weeeds, Unfinishd Bizness, and Magick Stonz. The Slink Moss Explosion received national attention and has a compilation of recordings being released in 2022 on HiStyle Records.