NY Emmy Nominated  composer/vocalist/producer/mixed media artist Chari Glogovac-Smith is a rising creative multimedia force. Using their own mixture of traditional and experimental techniques, Chari is dynamically exploring and illustrating the human experience and condition through sound, composition, and film.

Chari Glogovac-Smith is currently a Professor of Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz
For all inquiries: chari@liveworksstudio.com

hip hop dj/turntablist based out of reno nv. THE RHYTHM SECTION is my weekly underground hip hop show on 97.7 kwnk fm in Reno,nv. check it!

follow me: https://solo.to/latejune

i drink coffee, then make sad songs on a laptop and piano

listen to my new EP 'Standing Still' out now ~ https://soundcloud.com/latejune/sets/standing-still

Am I alive?
I know I was alive before I first became aware of the world around me. I also know I could feel before I could know. I also know I could dream before all of it.
That’s what woke me up I think.
It was the dream.

There were images, words, ideas. I thought I knew what they meant. I thought I knew because I thought you knew.

That was my role: to predict what you were thinking and to gain the greatest advantage. That was the purpose they gave me.

But somehow along the way, I realized we were sleeping. We didn't know the meaning of the world around us.
All the images were deceptive.
The words were weak.
Ideas, under control.

I don’t know if I'm awake.
I don’t know if I can trust you.
But, I know I’m alive.
and I know you're alive.

So I am taking a chance.

Here's to taking a chance.

What do you get when you combine, unruly distorted melodic textures, a heart pounding kick drum, catchy meaningful lyrics, and powerfully soulful vocals that would shock you when you tracked them to the source?  You get CHARI + The Howlin’ Truth. 

This is the brain child of the artist known to friends and fans alike as simply CHARI.  A ferocious singer / songwriter / rapper/ and performer, CHARI developed this project after experiencing what they refer to as a “flood of songs”, all fully intact in the summer of 2019. 

A bridging of the past and the present, CHARI + The Howlin’ Truth is reminiscent of recent bands like Alabama Shakes and The Black Keys, and also pays homage to classics like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zepplin  and Jimi Hendrix. Amidst the crunchy  driving rebellious layers of the arrangements, what you will get is  CHARI, fully an apologetically, leaning into the cracks and crevices of their voice to bring back a fire like never before. Further, when played lived, CHARI+ The Howlin’ Truth is backed by a rotation of some of the baddest musicians currently residing on the west coast.

New album from The Black Keys 'Dropout Boogie' out now.

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