Our 3rd annual Listen to the Dissonance:songs and conversations about mental health event will take place on Friday, February 27th at The IceHouse in Bethlehem, PA. The show starts at 7pm ET and features brave stories and powerful music from CLOVER, Judah Kim, Barney Cortez and Patty PerShayla. Each have been on the show previously, so you can check out our interview with any and all of them at nextfavband.com.
The doors open at 6pm so you can also have time to meet with the 9 mental health organizations that will be present and get to know them, their people and the services they offer.
In this episode, we’ll share a track from each of the performers and touch on the various organizations.
Joining us to help co-host will be Hannah Taylor – who is a stunning visual artists who designed this year’s promotional poster images. She’s also a phenomenal musician herself, and part of the band The Flying Vees, who also have an interview on our channel.
We also have highlights of interviews share – one with Ari Jacobson, Clinical Director of Backline.care, the organization we always raise funds for and spotlight as a part of this event as they provide free mental health services to the music industry.
The other with Ed Schwartzman, father of Ben who was an incredible young musician who battled mental health issues and sadly took his own life back in 2007 at the age of 19 years old. Ed seeks to keep his son’s legacy alive by sharing his music and his story.
We hope you enjoy this episode, and that you are doing ok. Please join us on Fri 2/27 if you can, for what is always a special evening.
https://youtu.be/V_cpdKvGukc?si=qeSGdLlvdVlGAkzC
Full Interview with Ed Schwartzman
https://youtu.be/d_objwprQPc?si=kQyNulmugbZP1hl4
