ardboard Sessions and Ernest Packaging present “The Church Experience with Cory Henry,” a new installment in the series where musicians perform on instruments crafted entirely from cardboard. This edition showcases Henry at a cardboard Wurlitzer, Nick Clark on a cardboard Fender bass, and TaRon Lockett on a cardboard drum kit. Together they perform three original gospel hymns. “All To You” is out now, with “Thank You Lord” arriving November 25 and “The Lord Is Blessing Me” following on December 2.
Henry grew up in Brooklyn and was surrounded by church music from childhood. This year he earned a GRAMMY for “Best Roots Gospel Album” with his project Church and previously won awards for work with Rosalia and Kanye West. His collaborations span Bruce Springsteen, Jon Batiste, Imagine Dragons, and many others. His appearance in Cardboard Sessions adds another distinctive milestone with a performance built around instruments engineered from cardboard.
Cardboard Sessions is a free form video project created by the team behind Cardboard Chaos and Ernest Packaging. Their instruments and concepts include cardboard Vans sneakers, a cardboard surfboard, a cardboard skateboard, and now a full gospel setup. Past sessions have featured artists including Billy Gibbons, J Mascis, Matt Sorum, Terry Reid, Daru Jones, Marcus King, Robby Krieger, the Preservation Hall All Star Band, LP, Pete Yorn, Meg Myers, and Dogstar.