For Episode 1 of Conversations on B L I S S Evan Ifekoya is joined by Hannah Catherine Jones for a conversation on Frequency.
Hannah (aka Foxy Moron) is a London-based artist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, researcher, radio presenter (NTS - The Opera Show), composer, conductor and founder of Peckham Chamber Orchestra – a community project established in 2013.
Jones’ extremely broad practice is connected by a central spine of inclusivity and “decolonisation”. The ongoing body of work The Oweds are a temporal form of (self-)reparation, a method of connection with ancestry though sonic ritual using combinations of voice, theremin, stringed instruments and visuals, sometimes orchestrated, predominantly improvised.
Frequency feels like an appropriate topic for us to discuss because of our shared concern with the healing potential of sound, and how through attunement to certain frequencies we have the potential to heal and transform the body on cellular level.
More information on Hannah's work:
https://www.nts.live/shows/the-opera-show
https://thecontemporaryjournal.org/issues/sonic-continuum/owed-to-perpetual-healing
Listen to Hannah and Evan's collaborative sound work Healing Exercises for Limitless Potential
Conversations on B L I S S explores what it means to be of service as Black cultural practitioners, how a relationship to spirit and or ancestors informs the work.
Podcast editing and title music by Gisou Golshani
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