A little birdie tipped me off to these two women on the rise in their respective artistic fields, Helen Sung, of New York by way of Houston and Austin, a piano player who has recorded for Sunnyside and Steeplechase, and her first cousin Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, of Baltimore by way of Dallas, who does installation art and video. Tip of the iceberg, here is a video of Helen Sung playing with Ron Carter at the Rubin Museum of New York, in the the former Barney’s store that specializes in Himalayan Art.

I am hitting some technological turbulence in terms of putting Joyce’s work on an equal plane here with that of Helen, but I recommend reading this online journal article and following their cues for a deeper immersion into her work.