Cantata for a Cat Whom I Mew

by RIOA

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1.	Commercial Grief 03:38	info	buy track
2.	Maxipad No. I, II and IV 03:22	info	buy track
3.	Piece of Peace Breathalizer 02:40	info	buy track
4.	Sun Meditates on the HalfMoon Tear in the Clouds 01:50	info	buy track

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Setting: The rehearsal week for the staged reading of my play, Burnt Bread, at Portland Center Stage Jaw Festival

Time: Late one evening, July 25th 2023, a week after his passing, there I was, feeling all kinds of playwriting angst, breathing my grief into the cloudless summer night

And there, right there and then
Right there in the deep, deep of the dark

These songs poured out
Songs for
Songs from
From
A cat whom I. . .

These demos are meant to be source material
A glossary for the actors, directors, designers of my play
Dramaturgs even
The songs were never heard

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Intense Felicity

Until now. . .
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released September 22, 2023

Brandt Maina | RIOA wa ROE

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RIOA Portland, Oregon

RIOA is the musical project of Portland-based Kenyan artist, writer, performer, Brandt Maina | RIOA wa ROE (he/they)

RIOA wa ROE means, "Sun from the River" in Kikuyu

Lift and Lift and Laugh,
Love and Life and Light,
always
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