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This is the second installment of , a special series from Brave Little State that features conversations with musicians of color who live in Vermont. as we release new episodes weekly through June 15.
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Who is Senayit Tomlinson?
Senayit Tomlinson鈥檚 sound is unapologetically genreless. , her musical comparisons range from Florence and the Machine to Led Zeppelin. She both lives and creates her music on a property that spans across the Connecticut River, from Bradford, Vermont to Orford, New Hampshire.
Watch/listen to "Hard Reign" (WARNING: Raw footage of police brutality with live gunshots, tear gas attacks and many pictures of Black people who have been killed):
Lyrics:
"Hard Reign"
Written by Senayit, performed and recorded by Senayit Tomlinson and Michael Sundeman.
It鈥檚 my children, my cousin, father, my mother my aunt, uncles, my bringer, and my sisters, they suffer
And she stands up she stands out, with grace and with ease, despite the war machines, to spite the war machines.
LOOK at what they have done, to leave us only this; those images, that sound and I think 鈥渕an, fu-- it鈥�
(But you pull me into you, for a second or two, everything stops, everything stops)
It鈥檚 so hard, it鈥檚 so hard so hard, here comes the reign
Our dead haunt the streets, the sidewalks, the trees, every day their numbers grow, every day the numbers grow.
And how many will die, before you also scream, 鈥淣O MORE鈥� before you also scream, 鈥淭HIS MATTERS鈥�, and 鈥淣O, NOT ONE MORE鈥�?
How many will die before the only recourse is to BURN it down, you know I want to burn THIS down
(But you pull me into you, for a second or two, everything stops, everything stops)
It鈥檚 so hard, it鈥檚 so hard, so hard, here comes the reign
But you pull me into you, for a second or two, everything stops, everything stopped.
Credits:
Reporting, production & original music: Myra Flynn
Mix & sound design: Myra Flynn & Josh Crane
Digital production: Myra Flynn & Elodie Reed
Brave Little State executive producer: Angela Evancie
Homegoings is a special series from Brave Little State that features conversations with musicians of color who live in Vermont 鈥� about Black grief, resilience and music.
as we release new episodes weekly through June 15.
