White Gourd, The Solo Performance Work Of Suzanne Belle Stone, Explores The Depths Of The Tarot As Metaphorical Exploration In The Form Of Ritual Music Performances.
White Gourd collaborates with gong, saxophone, machetes, bass, keys, bells, & drums, accompanied with a full visual installation, and ritual costume, the presence of each performance has a completely different effect with the chosen card for the evening or tour. She is also well known for her involvement as vocalist & saxophonist in the experimental ensemble Million Brazilians.
“White Gourd’s Suzanne Stone makes ritual performance art combining disjointed sounds, left field avant sax freak outs, and machete wielding incantations, to command her audience in her conceptual tarot pieces, which bring to life deep rooted cosmological convictions.”
– Matthew Henderson, M.A.S.S. organizer
For more about White Gourd, follow the La Luna photo taken by Rebecca Price:
Recent & Upcoming Shows
2025
Jan 13, in essence recording, enmossed
March 14, Le Voyeur, Olympia, WA
w/Kelli Frances Corrado, Wicking Ground and River Irene
March 15, Teatro de Psychomachia, Seattle, WA
HONORING DANBALA: A Night of Butoh/Sound Performance
w/ Cailleach, Helen Thorsen/Jackie An, White Gourd, Vanessa Skantze/celadon/Susana DuMett
March 16, Virtua Gallery, Portland, OR
w/Kelli Frances Corrado, MSHR, Trigger Object
May 31, Rohege, Belfast, ME
w/MSHR, Rusty Cross, Universal Cell Unlock
July 20, Luce Spirits, Rockland, ME
w/Thérese, Dimples
Nov 1, Marsh River Theater, Brooks, ME
w/Greg Jaime, Vortice
2024
March 18, Apohodian Theater, Portland, ME
w/Harpy, Water Through Stone, KOVVNS
June 17, Apohadion Theater, Portland, ME
w/Matchess with Lula Asplund & Haley Fohr, Rev.web & Pray Foam
June 29, Foxes Den, Warren, ME
w/Matchess with Lia Kohl
September 20, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Essence/In essence: Equinox celebration featuring Cornelius Van Strafin III, Kelli Francis Corrado, White Gourd, and Marta Núñez Pouzols & Chanelle Allesandre
September 30, Apohodian Theater, Portland, ME
w/Northern Liberties…
On the Radiowaves: White Gourd & Season’s Greetings
White Gourd hosts on Lost Discoveries Radio & NARR Radio, oft times with DJ Allesandre & on NARR also w/Doris Dana.
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Season’s Greetings w/Chanelle Allesandre
Spring Equinox, The Arbitrarium
WFMU
Suzanne Belle Stone 