Combining Haitian culture—especially the country’s Afro-Caribbean voodoo traditions—with electric guitar-based music, Moonlight Benjamin cuts a distinctive figure in music. Championed by fellow outsider Iggy Pop, Benjamin began making albums in 2011. Her third release, 2017’s Siltane earned her worldwide attention. Her songs focusing upon themes of identity, resistance and social distance found her a larger audience. Benjamin was featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts in 2023. Raw, uncompromising and direct, Moonlight Benjamin stands far apart from the class of artists who water down their music to make it palatable to the masses. She’s the real deal.
Thu, Sept 11, 8pm, $29.95
Club Fox, Redwood City
