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Below are the artists featured in this episode in order of appearance. Their artist name, location and song featured is listed beneath their photo.
Lonesome Leash – Los Angeles, California – “Ghost in The Garden”
LAL – Toronto, Canada – “Wild Flowers”
Holodeck Heart – Seattle, Washington / Portland, Oregon – “Janeway & Seven”
Wizard Apprentice – Los Angeles, California – “Betrayal Internalized”
Loamlands – Durham, North Carolina – “How Do You See Me”
Nana Grizol – New Orleans, Louisiana – “We Carry the Feeling”
Slashed Tires – Seattle, Washington – “Lost Distance”
ManDate – Seattle, Washington – “Alternate History”
Danny Denial – Seattle, Washington – “White Tears, Fake Queers” (Feat. Rat Queen, Dirty Dirty, Slow Elk & Razor Clam)
Old Dark House – Seattle, Washington – “Through The Trees”
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Queer Public A podcast about real-life queer life. Each episode asks critical questions about queer identity, queer politics and our queer culture. Their first season is available for binging!
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Emily Wells – New York, NY [Episode #240]
Episode #240 is up featuring a conversation between Emily Wells and Homoground host Maia Macdonald. Emily gives us tons of insight behind her latest album “This World is too ______ for you” and the process behind orchestrating her live performance.
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http://patreon.com/join/homogroundTranscription of Emily’s story:
” I guess you kind of have to compartmentalize the processes. So when I was writing the record, for instance, and when I’ve written any records, I find that my process hones over the years. I go into a different kind of self-hood, I would say, and I allow myself to go into that, and I really limit any performances, which is a bit of a luxury. You kind of have to get really scrappy and frugal. Just tour your ass off and then try to make room for yourself to be a maker and not a minstrel. I engage a lot with literature during this period and poetry, and I’m really interested in the mind and how the mind works. All of these things are all connected. And all of that can, if you’re open, become part of the songs as well. So I just try to be that “self” and try to write songs. Almost simply, especially this record, I forced myself that they had to pass the Casio Test. I don’t have a proper piano in my studio, so if I could play it on this old Casio keyboard and sing along with it, and it still was emotional and still was a “good song”, then it passed. Otherwise, it was out. That helps me not get too caught in the… You have some nights where you’re working on things and you start to dabble into the production side of it, which is really fun and can be a great release. But I still had to step away at the end of each song. Then you move into recording mode, then you move into editor mode, then you move into insane person mode, actually making the final decisions, and then you move into like an intern at your label trying to like make it work, you know.”
You can read the full transcript of Emily’s interview on our patreon.
CREDITS
This episode was recorded and produced by Maia Macdonald.
Executive Producer: Lynn Casper
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Interview transcription by D Orxata
Transcription was made possible by Queer Public Podcast who let us use their transcription software.
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Young Kaii – Providence, Rhode Island [Episode #262]
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Young Kaii is one of those rare artists that effortlessly brings raw emotions using just her talent and her powerful lyrics. In this episode, Homoground correspondent Maia Macdonald chats with Young Kaii about the life of being an artist, smoothies, swimming with dolphins and choosing happiness.
Songs featured: “Careless”, “Speechless” and “Memories”
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Instagram @iamyoungkaii
Twitter @YoungKaii
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Ahli – Nashville, TN [Episode #257]
Episode 257 features the words and music of Ahli, a pop singer/songwriter from Nashville, TN. In this episode, Ahli talks about what it was like growing up in a conservative town while discovering their identity plus advice for those who are currently living in more conservative areas.
The songs featured in this episode: “Ghost” and “Past Life”
Follow Ahli online at ahlismusic.com
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http://patreon.com/join/homogroundFull transcription of Ahli’s story:
Same ground, different sound. You’re on Homoground. This is Ali from Stockton, New Jersey. I identify as a pansexual gender-neutral. I grew up in Stockton, New Jersey. It’s a really small rural town on the Delaware River. It’s biggest claim to fame is that we’re pretty close to where Washington crossed. I grew up in a more divided area. People would go to Pride in Pennsylvania, but there would also be people who fly the Confederate flag where I went to high school.. In high school, it wasn’t the best place to come out for a lot of reasons. One of them was there weren’t a lot of people who were out. I probably knew like definitely finger counting the amount of people who were LGBT and all of them were in the closet and not really outspoken about it. I think everybody was kind of in that zone like it’s kind of a toss up. We’re not really sure what to do. And it just kind of spread to me. I was like, OK, like, I definitely like girls, but I’m gonna hold off on that.
I waited till my senior year when I had transferred out and gone to boarding school. I was 200 miles away from my parents before I told them. I was like, hey, I am pansexual.
You can read the full transcript of Ahli’s story on our patreon.
CREDITS
This episode was produced and hosted by Lynn Casper.
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Transcription was made possible by Queer Public Podcast who let us use their transcription software.
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