restlessness

In 1798, Scottish doctor Sir Alexander Crichton wrote about a “disease of attention” with “an unnatural degree of mental restlessness.”

In 1798, Scottish doctor Sir Alexander Crichton wrote about a “disease of attention” with “an unnatural degree of mental restlessness.”

“I kept listening to it over and over again because I felt so on the periphery; people who look like me are no less American, but we were perceived so differently. This album was hitting at the restlessness and rage and powerlessness I was feeling, while also being so unafraid to question what it means to be American during that fraught and scary time in our country’s history.”

McKinney’s Ogun is the clearest presence on stage, a reflection not only of his more single-minded character but also of the lucidity of his playing. iLongwe gives vent to the furious restlessness inside Oshoosi without losing sight of the grief that’s animating it.

To fight restlessness, he started working at Hard Times, a friend’s pop-up record store, in November.