Walt McClements and Cody-Rose Clevidence at Pearl's Books

Pearl's Books and On the Map Shows present a March night in the bookstore with accordionist and composer Walt McClements and poet Cody-Rose Clevidence.

Walt McClements is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. His debut record, “A Hole in the Fence” was released in 2021 on American Dreams, and utilized a minimal palette of accordions processed through pedals to create glacial soundscapes and odes to hidden worlds. On his latest record, and first for Western Vinyl, “On a Painted Ocean”, he expands his sonic tools to include lush synths, droning pipe organs, and spirited horns, creating a vibrant journey from solitary stillness to community exuberance. The record also follows last year’s “Rain on the Road”, a collaborative album with harpist Mary Lattimore, released on Thrill Jockey. Prior to releasing music under his own name, McClements had been a touring member of Weyes Blood, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Dark Dark Dark, as well as leading New Orleans art-punk brass ensemble Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? and one man band Lonesome Leash.

Cody-Rose Clevidence is the author of 6 books of poetry and poetic essays, most recently 'This Household of Earthly Nature' (Roof books 2025.) Occasionally a visiting professor at The Iowa Writers Workshop, they live and write and mostly fail at farming in the Arkansas Ozarks alongside 4 sentient pets and the increasingly friendly void.

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