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Prairie Light from Field Song, out 8/9 Visiting a remnant prairie is sacred. There is so little prairie left that these small parcels of untilled earth are nothing short of miraculous. It was in one of these remnants at Koester Prairie that I recorded Prairie Light. The song sings of the magic of these places, […]

Field Song is a collection of songs for the single voice, sung live to tape out in the field with the birds, insects, frogs, plants, water, and wind. To me, it represents perhaps the most distilled statement of my relationship to the other-than-human beings who share the land with us. Rather than just singing 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵

ANNOUNCING the DPCD / Kenan Serenbetz AUGUST TOUR We’re thrilled to play for you and share the stage with so many beautiful artists. Alec will be singing and playing songs with woven double keyboard textures, and Kenan will be singing material from his new album Field Song accompanied by tape loops of birds and bugs.

To commemorate the release of “Field Song”, there will be a show on August 9th at the Walker United Methodist Church in South Minneapolis. Sara Pajunen will be opening the evening with a short set of hardanger d’amore music. I will then play the entire album from start to finish. To sing this music, I

Field Song by Kenan Serenbetz The above photograph is of the exact spot where I recorded Mirror, on the edge of a marsh at Crex Meadows SWA in May. I tried recording this song in many different places, and every take was always near some form of water. Although I had some takes that were

Friends, it is with excitement that I announce the upcoming release of some new music: “Field Song” and “Selected Ecotones” will both be out on August 9th. Field Song is a collection of songs for the solo voice, recorded live in natural areas with the songs of birds and frogs and plants and insects and