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Mainly influenced by listening to Alan Lomax's field recordings from the South and growing up listening to her uncles' Filipino folk guitar fingerpicking, her music is reminiscent of front porch storytelling, of ghosts and the living, times of laughter and tears. She was born in the Philippines and moved to the United States at 10 years old, growing up in the third culture: the old country, the new country and a blend of both worlds. She shares her origin story and the motivation that drives to her help heel our world through music.
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Just in time for Christmas, singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu is our featured guest. To learn more about the other artists mentioned in this podcast. His original musical slide show, Root of the Matter, is featured on the website of Catholic Relief Services, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His song, Sail Away won the first Blooming-Tunes songwriting contest in 2009 (Bloomington, Indiana). His music has been frequently featured on folk radio stations around the nation and abroad, both broadcast and online. Joe is the former president of the Songwriters Association of Midnorth Indiana. Joe's nature-based background, his study of Eastern philosophies and his scientific bent all inform my songwriting in 2006 to embark on a full-time career in music. He spent many years studying, traveling and working overseas, returning to the U.S. He grew up in the American Midwest during the 1960s and 70s, and his songs hearken back to a time when the youth of the planet sought the experience of peace, love and adventure, and expressed this search in their music. Joe has released over a dozen CDs of original songs. Heck, buy a cat as well, put some cat toys on the end of the fishing line and cast away, and if the cat plays nice you could simulate trying to land a great white or something.A wide ranging conversation with singer-songwriter Joe Peters, PhD. I'm against it as causing suffering to a fish (bite a hook and tell me it doesn't hurt) for fun doesn't sit well with me, but if you want to sit quietly with a few cans or whatever, wouldn't the house be a better idea? You could even replace your arm chair with one of those little squat stool things for full immersion, and chiropractic problems in later life. Don't get me wrong, I kind of get enjoying peace and quiet, but why bring fish into it?įishing I don't get either. Heck, buy a cat as well, put some cat toys on the end of the fishing line and cast away, and if the cat plays nice you could simulate trying to land a great white or something. I'm guessing the plane spotters are having a miserable summer with all the cancellations (full disclosure: I do actually plane spot as I have an ADS-B feeder, but it's more watching what's around me than for a certain plane unless I know there's one flying over).įishing I don't get either. It's also time limited, because there's always strikes so you have to pick the window where the drivers can actually be bothered doing their job. I can't get myself psyched up about standing on a platform or bridge in the middle of winter getting psyched up about the 3:10pm Preston to Glasgow service or something. When the Flying Scotsman was doing it's little tour I was interested, but that's because my gramps was the fireman on it at some point. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with spotters (they do no harm), but I don't get the enthusiasm.