Caroline Davis & Frank Rosaly + Flatland Prayer FANATIC

A night of jazz and folk influenced improvisation and insight into current American politics. Caroline Davis and Frank Rosaly bring a distinctive Chicago sound, while Flatland Prayer works with Americana traditions.

DOUBLE BILL:
Caroline Davis, saxophone/electronics
Frank Rosaly, drums

Flatland Prayer:
Līva Dumpe, voice
Antonio Moreno Glazkov, trumpet
River Adomeit, bass

CAROLINE DAVIS & FRANK ROSALY:
Bio Caroline Davis:
Caroline Davis is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and activist, whose work is driven by a desire for connection and a belief in music’s capacity to expand listeners’ ears, minds, and hearts. As a leader, she has released eight albums, and she has worked with Lee Konitz, Billy Kaye, John Zorn, Wendy Eisenberg, Angelica Sanchez, Nicole Mitchell, The Femme Jam, Rajna Swaminathan, Miles Okazaki, and Terry Riley. Caroline has been a resident fellow at MacDowell, The Jazz Gallery, UCross, and Civitella; and, is a recipient of Guggenheim Foundation, Jerome Hill, CMA, and NYFA fellowships. She is an advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement) and justice for incarcerated people (Freer Records, Justice for Keith LaMar, Creative Beyond Incarceration).

Bio Frank Rosaly:
Frank Rosaly is a Puerto Rican drummer, composer, sound designer and activist with decades of touring, performing, recording, and creating to his name. Born in Arizona, Rosaly was known for his fifteen years of creative work on the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene before moving to Amsterdam in 2016. His work revolves around the study of folkloric ideology of the Taínos, indigenous to the Caribbean, ritual, trance, as well as eco-centric phenomena such as rhythmic sensibilities of animals, plants and insects. Much of his work and community organizing takes form as resistance to hegemonic, colonial and capitalist systems. Frank has been featured on over 175 recordings, has received numerous awards and grants, and is in constant collaboration. Some collaborators include: Fennesz, Joan of Arc, Jeff Parker, Thurston Moore, Nels Cline, Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society, Colin Stetson, Rob Mazurek, Ben LaMar Gay, jaimie branch, and many others. In 2017 he co-founded the DIY arts/music space MOLKFACTORY with his partner Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti in Amsterdam.

Photo Frank solo: Geert Vandepoele

FLATLAND PRAYER: FANATIC Album Launch
Flatland Prayer tells stories through the unraveling of American mythos. Blending folk, jazz, bluegrass, indie, and spoken word, their work sits at the intersection of narration and sonic experimentation. Flatland Prayer’s retro-futurist sound is at once innovative and eerily familiar—an exploration of the myths, folklore, and contradictions that shape modern America.

The group released their debut album, Like Staring Straight Into the Sun, in 2024, followed by a European tour through Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. As winners of Keep an Eye: The Records, they are preparing their next release, FANATIC, for January 2026. As a trio, they have collaborated with musicians such as Brad Mehldau and Joris Roelofs.

Much of Flatland Prayer’s work is conceptually driven. Each performance unfolds with the pacing of a film or staged production, weaving improvisation, spoken word, and literary structure into a cohesive arc. Their most recent program, FANATIC, premiered at Bimhuis on January 6th, marking the anniversary of the Capitol riots, with a subsequent performance on the night of Trump’s second inauguration at TivoliVredenburg. The work examines the rise of the American far-right alongside the left’s response to Trump’s re-election, juxtaposing two forms of political fervor within a single artistic frame. Here, Flatland Prayer stands as both interpreter and innovator, dissecting cultural narratives as they create new ones. Their work challenges, provokes, and reframes: a musical inquiry into the stories a nation tells about itself.

Flatland Prayer’s lineup follows their genre-crossing musical approach. Leading from the back of the ensemble, bassist River Adomeit’s songwriting is lyrically poetic yet conversational, blending a wryness and melancholy reminiscent of artists such as Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. Rooted firmly in this folk tradition, Adomeit employs recurring metaphors and motifs to make the personal, universal. Together with vocalist Līva Dumpe and trumpeter Antonio Moreno, the three orchestrate new and old stories with craft and precision.

Flatland Prayer on Spotify