Follow Your Art Podcast

"LISTEN TO THE BIRDS" with mama Ursula Rucker. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, plant moms & motherly figures - thinking of those whose day can be a hard one emotionally. WE LOVE YOU. So, this interview feels fitting for the occasion. Ursula's compassion and affinity for performance and community is infectious and definitely had us misty eyed on the other side of the machine. Enjoy these heartfelt words of wisdom from this beautiful soul. ❤

Ursula Rucker - poet, spoken word artist, activist, mother and living legend - was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was a graduate of Temple University’s journalism program. She is of African-American and Italian descent. Rucker had been writing poetry since adolescence but kept her writings to herself until she read poetry in 1994, at Philadelphia's Zanzibar Blue, which is credited as her debut. That same year, Rucker was invited to collaborate with numerous recording artists, and producers including Wax Tailor, King Britt , 4hero, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Josh Wink, Alix Perez and most notably The Roots.

Happy Sunday! Taking a minute with THE Will Wells - the human behind SO MANY of our favorite songs in so many different ways. To name a few... Wells has been a music producer from the Broadway musical, Hamilton, recently co-produced the multi-award best song nominee, "Stand Up" for the Harriet Tubman bio, Harriet Movie, toured with Imagine Dragons, worked with artists like Anthony Ramos, Logic, and RZA, written the first ever theme song for the Heisman Trophy, and more. With an outstanding, booming, non-stop career for this young Berklee College of Music grad, it was really interesting to check in on how this quarantine has effected Wells and his personal, professional and creative life. We were so grateful for this interview, his grounded and inspiring presence is much needed right now.

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Be well fam
STAY INSPIRED,
FYA ❤️