October 16, 2026 Joule L'Adara

Pepper Brandon Blake's New Album features ALL the WPWT Instruments!

We're thrilled to share that our longtime collaborative artist - now known as Pepper Brandon Blake - is dropping his new album on October 17th - and it is truly a love-letter to all things WE PLAY WELL TOGETHER.

This long-play instrumental album was in fact born out of the "Kalimba Campfire" sessions Brandon has been hosting for us live online since 2021. This virtual open-mic playshop has served as a place to get creative, try out new musical ideas, and layer sounds in ways that led Brandon into his own creative deep-dive, culminating in this beautifully layered and nuanced instrumental album.

We're so excited to share it with you!

WHAT DOES THIS SOUND LIKE?

What happens when you take all these intuitively- played instruments and put them into the hands of one zany talented percussion artist and bassist, let him playshop ideas for 5 years, and then put him in a room with microphones?

You get a beautiful new album of long-play acoustic music about to be dropped to the streaming platforms!

This is the soundtrack you need right now..

>CLICK HERE< to pre-save the album on Spotify and Apple Music!

And...

Join us for the live listening launch party - which will be live-streaming on the Jack Straw Cultural Center's YouTube Channel on Saturday, October 17th 2pm PT/ 3pm MT/ 4pm CT/ 5pm ET:

>ACCESS THE LIVE STREAM ON OCTOBER 17TH HERE<

And if you're in Seattle, you can attend in person! Here are the details:

>PEPPER BRANDON BLAKE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY SEATTLE<

Join in person for a live performance from Jack Straw Artist Pepper Brandon Blake of the new album First Time Caller, Long Time Listener, produced through the Jack Straw Artist Support Program.