Full transcript of my conversation with the amazing award-winning singer, songwriter and motivational speaker Kellylee Evans. “But it's been a blessing to be able to talk to people because you get to share your story. That's really special. But then in the question and answer part, people start to share their story and you get to see how alike so many of us are and that that thread of humanity just keeps passing through. And when you hear people just respond like, "Wow, that's exactly what I've been feeling or that's what happened. And I haven't been able to talk about it." It's a beautiful job in that way. The songwriting aspect it's like I get to say things maybe that some other people may not want to say, but they're feeling. I get to make music that can touch somebody on a specific day, music that can grow with a person.” Links are included for both podcast and video.

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In my interview with the kora player, singer and songwriter Sophie Lukacs we hear her very unique and personal story and also learn about this beautiful instrument. This is the full transcript of the interview, and includes links to the video and podcast. She gives us an introduction to the challenges of playing and mastering the kora, and how different it was from her violin studies. She talks about the challenges of immigrating to Canada from Hungary as a child, and then of her discovery of the kora.