January Mini-Concert [Exclusive to Patreon]

Patreon is a wonderful space where I am releasing all of my new music in 2021! This year’s theme is the “Picture This” song collection, where I am basing all of my new songs on images that have inspired the lyrics.

In addition to receiving a new song each month, members of the community are invited to a mini-concert via zoom. Here is some of the audio from the January concert.

Songs included:

• 0:37 - Keep Hope Alive

• 5:03 - The River Song

• 11:24 - Breathe

• 16:06 - The Pete Song (with everyone singing along virtually!!)

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The Case for Songwriting as Interview

This first episode was created as an assignment for a class on Truth and Reconciliation by Dr. Lori Dolloff at the University of Toronto. I am pursuing my PhD in Ethnomusicology, and in this episode I talk about using songwriting as a form of interview as a way to decolonize the research process. This argument is based on past research, and on future plans. The end of the episode includes a mention of the following books and artists:

• The Challenge to Care in Schools, Nel Noddings

• We Make the Road by Walking, Paolo Friere and Miles Horton

• The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel Van der Kolk

• Custer Died for Your Sins, Vine Deloira Jr.

• I Wanna Take Me a Picture, Wendy Ewald

• The Porcupine Singers, Canyon Records

• Tiokasin Ghosthorse, firstvoicesindigenousradio.org

• Olivia LeBlanc

• Simply Smiles, simplysmiles.org

A big thanks to Lori, The Porcupine Singers, and Olivia.

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