Past Resident

Caroline Keys

artist, writer, poet, musician, and teacher

“I am a collaboration junkie. I play music in order to disappear. Evaporating into sound was a big part of my musical upbringing, which took place in church choirs and Appalachian string bands. Choir, for me, was about blending into the sounds around me. In Appalachian string band music, disappearing is sort of the point: the musicians play so the dancers can dance.  There is no spotlight, just collective motion and sound.”