In this episode, we meet with Tossie, an amazing creative powerhouse, of Red Clay Sound Haus, and many other creative works! We discuss the creative process before, during, and after. The fun times, the hard times, the lonely and grieving moments after the adrenaline high that a successful stage production can bring. Tossie also shares stories about family, community, culture & spirituality. Check the bio + links for more!

Guest Bio:

Tossie Long is a San Francisco native, vocalist, actress, dancer, facilitator; simply put, she is a performing artist. She is a GRAMMY-nominated singer on Best Children’s Album 2018, Rise Shine Woke by the Alphabet Rockers! Long’s voice has graced the albums of other highly acclaimed artist such as TuNeYaRdS, Tumbleweed Wanderers, Sh8peShifter, Pancho Morris and others. Long has performed in gospel choirs, show choirs, recording studios, street actions, theater and live band stages.

Tossie works at the intersections of music, culture and sociopolitical edges spanning from rock and roll vocals, afrofuturist productions to immersive design experiences.

As a multi-hyphenate and Grammy Nominated artist, Tossie is a practitioner of ceremonial music from around the world with a focus on diasporic cosmology.

Tossie Long is an experience designer, international performer artist, facilitator and director

The Person charged with Singing!

The Architect.

Building the City through the memories of our soul-kin.

Planting Sonic Seeds for more of us to be here.

To have our stories told & heard.

Reference Notes:

Oakland Symphony bio: https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/artist/tossie-long/

Interview with Tossie mentioned: https://www.joyismycompass.com/blog/ep85-tossie-long

https://about.me/TossieLong

https://twitter.com/TossieLong

instagram: @tossielong