The Red Road Pt 1. - Created and edited by Clara Kent (includes clips from Letting Go, visual by Shot by Nehemiah)
PRESS & Promo
"Oh, and now a song from an album I think is impeccable. Clara Kent has an amazing voice. She writes important and emotive lyrics. This exceptional talent out of Pittsburgh deserves 110% of your attention. I’m crying, I’m swooning with emotion, I’m grinning like a Tom cat who just discovered a succulent treat. This is so damn powerful. Do not hesitate, put The Four Winds: East on repeat play and allow Ms. Kent to work her inescapable magic."
Clara Kent recently released the first installment of her new series of Eps called The Four Winds. Inspired by the Lakota Medicine Wheel, the new records represent Clara’s musical tribute to transformation and act as a vibrant love letter for Black and Indigenous women.
"The Four Winds: East plays like one long, enthralling song. It’s a wholeheartedly beautiful record, incorporating call-and-response and gospel elements, poetic interludes, reverberating instrumentation, striking bridges, and hypnotic beats with the personal, introspective touch of Kent’s songwriting. The six-track project, with production from Virgil Richmond, Julian Ware, and Sullivan, is intended to “honor the Medicine Wheel and the seasons we all experience in this life”
The Four Winds: EAST - Release Promo Video || Videography by Niara Collins
The Four Winds: East || Summary
Letting Go (Extended Version) - Directed by Shot by Nehemiah
"THE FOUR WINDS" is a four-part EP series inspired by the Medicine Wheel. Each EP represents one part of the Wheel; East-Spring, South-Summer, West-Autumn, and North-Winter. They all hold significance around mortality, emotions, spiritual healing, and the ancestral connection to the elements and seasons. Clara used this ancient tool as a muse to express her intimate experiences over the last seven years as a Black Indigenous Woman. The series is her way of creating a musical tribute to her transformation and a love letter for Black & Indigenous Womxn. The Four Winds: EAST is heavily inspired by her Baptist roots, building a sanctuary for anyone seeking freedom from within. Join Clara Kent as she embarks on the journey of the Red Road, revealing with each release her growth as an artist and human being.
Clara KEnt || Bio
Clara Kent is an Afro-Indigenous multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, and community leader from Pittsburgh, Pa. Clara is most known for her music, but also uses various forms of expression within visual art and media to uplift the creative community, especially for Black artists and youth. The self-proclaimed "Multidimensional Artistic Individual" was named Pittsburgh City Paper's "Person of the Year" for Music in 2019 and has performed across the country, opening for Wyclef Jean at SXSW, Cautious Clay at WYEP Summerfest, Thundercat at Stage AE, Nnamdi, Oshun, Jon Wayne, Mumufresh & OHMME. Clara embarked on a summer tour in 2019 with London-based music events company Sofar Sounds, becoming one of their cohort performance artists alongside acts like Moses Sumney, Lianne La Havas, and Yebba.
Today, Clara Kent is has expanded her career into media and entrepreneurial ventures while continuously creating music and campaigning for other Black and Indigenous creatives. In 2022, she began hosting a radio show on WYEP called "More Bounce with Clara Kent," managing the Alt-Funk band Mani Bahia & The Mob, and also launched her production company, Bounce House Studios & Productions LLC; a Black women-led organization whose purpose is to “Elevate the Underground”™️ in a over saturated market. One of the first music projects released is Part One of “THE FOUR WINDS” series, "The Four Winds: EAST”. The EP series is in honor of Clara's Afro-Indigenous heritage and was intentionally released on Juneteenth in 2023. The EP was named "Best of Soul" by Bandcamp Daily, was featured on 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR station, garnering a nomination to become an official Voting Member of the Recording Academy for the Grammy Awards in 2024.
Clara’s mission is to connect people to their hearts, communities, and the planet, one song, painting, and speech at a time. Her vision is that people see the importance of their emotions and how to embrace them so they create a compassionate and supportive world for everyone. She hopes that with her gifts and connection to her ancestors and nature, she’ll be a vessel for Great Spirit to heal and transmute heaviness into light.
The Making of "Letting Go" by Clara Kent
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Created with an image by sarayut_sy - "Pink lilly in the garden and tone color pink,Lilly flowers (shallow dof) Natural"