Ben LaMar Gay's “Mestre Candeia’s Denim Hat,” from his 2021 album Open Arms to Open Us. An homage to improvisatory and rhythmic elements of the Brazilian “Partido Alto” tradition, the track sees Gay lay a Chicago-style free-jazz synth raga over a swinging, fractured march. The title is a nod to the insight and style of master sambista and partideiro Antônio Candeia Filho. Video by Andrea Rodea and Erik Mares of the Mexico City based Rhizomes Films.

Ben LaMar Gay's "Oh Great Be the Lake," from his 2021 album Open Arms to Open Us. The track is a classic ballad penned by Gay to his memories of jumping off the rocks into Lake Michigan on Chicago’s Southside. Video by Chris Strong.

Ben LaMar Gay's "Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks on You," from his 2021 album Open Arms to Open Us, features OHMME singers Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart and, according to Gay, is "inspired by the preparation one makes for another when it’s time for them to enter or exit an embrace, a memory or a life." The video, filmed in Chicago and directed by Gay, features Dana Powell, Summer Powell, and Tiffany Merrills.