To request ADA seating: Please send us an email at boxoffice@thechapelsf.com or call our box office at (415) 551-5157 and we can assist you. Our ADA area can reach capacity early, so we highly recommend contacting us as soon as possible. Day of show requests may not be able to be accommodated. $30 Advance / $35 Day Of Show Website | Spotify | YouTube | Instagram Surrealist blues poet, aja monet, announces her powerful new album, the color of rain, due May 22nd on drink sum wtr. The album announcement arrives today with a Jesse Boykins III-directed video for album standout “elsewhere.” A track that poetically grooves and glimmers--featuring soul-stirring vocals by Georgia Anne Muldrow, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Novena Carmel. "’elsewhere’ is a dedication to Sly Stone. We were in the studio working on the album and learned of his death. Meshell told me to go home and write something not in memoriam but in homage. The next day we started working on the song and it was like he was in the room with us,” monet explains. “Everything came together in divine timing. I had already reached out to Novena Carmel and also Georgia Anne Muldrow but they both responded the same day and joined us. The song reminds me of our love for one another and the portal of possibility." At the crux of rising fascism, aja monet offers a waking-dream intervention, amid the sinister reality of contemporary events. A prompt to look up at the sky within, the color of rain, co-produced by monet, Justin Brown and Meshell Ndegeocello, is an imbrication of familiar genres forged beyond category or definition. As one stride’s through the sequence of poems, each song shifts between musical perceptions of jazz, soul, hip hop, rhythm and blues. Surrealism at it’s finest, a marvelous unleashing of the mind. the color of rain reminds us that poetry predates the very blueprints of genre. Rather than delivering poetry over fixed arrangements, aja works in close conversation with the music, adjusting phrasing, cadence, and tone as the compositions shift. PHER (pronounced like fur) is an Oakland-born vocalist, songwriter, and storyteller whose genre-blending sound bridges soul, jazz, R&B, and Black American musical tradition. Known for his emotionally rich vocals and deeply personal songwriting, PHER has collaborated and performed alongside artists including Prince, Stevie Wonder, Usher, Robert Glasper, and The Roots. He has also contributed vocals to Grammy Award-winning projects by Esperanza Spalding and Jon Batiste. A graduate of The New School in New York City, PHER later spent over a decade on the university’s faculty as a voice instructor while continuing to build a multifaceted career as both a solo artist and sought-after collaborator. His music has been praised for its honesty, vulnerability, and timeless soulfulness, earning recognition from outlets including the New York Times and Ebony Magazine. On June 19th (Juneteenth), PHER will release his long-awaited debut album, Songs by PHER, featuring the lead single Murky — an anthem of perseverance and hope centered around the message: “keep swimming.”