Posts by Steve Wildsmith
Country’s Rachel Stacy: Sassy, soulful, grateful and recovering
Rachel Stacy knew she was a drug addict, and when she admitted her problem to herself and another person in 2009, she thought she had put it behind her. Addiction doesn’t work that way, however, and even though she quit drugs, alcohol crashed through those flimsy walls like the Kool-Aid Man in those commercials of…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Joe Nester builds a ‘Nation’ through music, recovery
The benefits of a life in recovery still blow Joe Nester’s mind on occasion. There was once a time in his life when, addicted to crack and heroin, he was homeless, sleeping under bridges and using Boston Market cardboard boxes for a bed. He was one of the nameless, faceless afflicted that populate the streets…
Read MoreHappy New Year! A look back at the interviews of 2019
So long, 2019 … hello, 2020! As we prepare to start another year of stories with musicians who have found recovery on the other side of addiction and alcoholism, we wanted to pause and take a look back at the interviews that made 2019 such a beacon of hope. The artists who honored us with…
Read MoreHOLIDAY BREAK: A song’s hope lights a candle during addiction’s dark days
Jason Ringenberg (courtesy of Gregg Roth) EDITOR’S NOTE: As we celebrate the holiday season, we’re taking a two-week hiatus from interviews here at The Ties That Bind Us, returning on Jan. 6 with our feature on the incredible Joe Nester, but I didn’t want to let this blog sit idle over the break. Jason Ringenberg…
Read MoreThe artist known as C4 on her recovery: ‘I like this road, so I’m staying on it’
As a girl, Cecilia Ebrahimi, the artist known as C4, traveled the world. Raised on a horse farm in Maryland, she spent part of her childhood in Iran, the country of her father’s birth. Thanks to his work and the family’s wealth, summers were spent in tropical locales — on a boat off the coast…
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