L’Rain (aka Taja Cheek) is a multi-instrumentalist experimental composer and curator. Born and raised in Brooklyn, L’Rain grew up playing a multitude of instruments and studying ballet and modern dance, eventually attending Yale University for music and American studies. She’s worked as a curator for New York institutions like MoMA PS1 and Celebrate Brooklyn, and is curating the performances for the upcoming Whitney Biennial. Her third studio album, I Killed Your Dog, is an experimental genre-blurring epic that met critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, Tidal, and the New York Times. L’Rain is one of the most multifaceted and prolific artists in New York right now, and I can’t wait to see what she does next. Lucky for us, L’Rain is here to tell us what she’s been into.
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