Monday, May 18th 2026
@thelonesomerose
8PM
Join us for a night of sonic meditation, soulful experimentation, and spiritual exploration.
Journeyed percussionist, sound weaver, and composer Tatsuya Nakatani makes his return to Alamo City, part of a 90-day tour across the continental United States and Canada.
Tatsuya’s career spans a lifetime of constant innovation and vibrational crafting. Through the use of handmade bows & mallets on modified Chinese wind gongs, singing bowls, and cymbals, he employs various techniques—perpetuating impulsive, instinctive movements—to create a textural journey from a palette of unfiltered evocation. We welcome him again to our humble city, this time to the inviting atmosphere of St. Mary’s premier honky tonk & watering hole the Lonesome Rose.
Accompanying performers for this show include:
Albuquerque-based drone mystic Gong Slayer makes his debut appearance in San Antonio, offering up contemplative waves of slow, undulating resonance via gong & related articles. An appropriate feature of talent, adding to the ambience bestowed upon the evening.
Local avant-garde combo the Whale, consisting of both drummer Kory Cook and saxophonist Edward Vasquez, reunites with Tatsuya to further mark this special occasion. Their fidelity to the path traversed by free jazz forebears (such as Coleman and Sharrock) is apparent, as is their predilection towards the energized-charge of a Dolphy (more refined…) as well as a Zorn (…but also punk).
Opening this intriguing bill (as a collaboration) are two hometown players from seemingly-opposite terminals of improvisation: John Hernandez with his precious, ever-so-lightly lush guitar workings & intimate, shimmering acoustic nodes and Ethan Campa with his penchant for a punishing, organic assault on the senses. These two meeting should make for a fascinating spectacle.
Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00
$15 (cash only)
21+
We kindly ask all attending parties to respect the artists during their sets, please step outside during any performance if needed to converse and visit. The tones & dynamics sought by these artists requires those present to be “at one” with their presentation.
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