The Healing Blues Project brings together faculty and students from Greensboro College and area musicians to work with local homeless storytellers who are clients of the Interactive Resource Center struggling with issues including homelessness and post-traumatic stress disorder to turn their stories into blues songs. Storytellers express their challenges to participating songwriters. Songwriters then collaborate with the storyteller to write and perform a song that will be included on The Healing Blues CD, crediting both the collaborators with the creation of the song. The participating musicians are among finest Blues, Jazz, Rock, and R&B artists in North Carolina, and the breadth of the music recorded for the project reflects that. Project proceeds will benefit Greensboros Interactive Resource Center as well as the storytellers who are clients of the IRC. The IRC is an innovative day resource center for people experiencing homelessness that provides many crucial services to the homeless community. youtu.be/b3QRh7x6K6g
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:19:33 +0000