Singer-songwriters in recovery
Sobriety gives producer, musician Stefan T a high no drug could ever touch
It all came to a head for Stefan Tisminezky, the artist known as Stefan T, in the parking lot of a job he was on the verge of losing, along with his sanity and possibly his life. The night before, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, he’d met up with former co-workers at…
Read MoreDelivered by grace: In sobriety, Jon Foulk sings ‘A New Song’
Within the span of a week, singer-songwriter and sideman Jon Foulk went from the lowest of addiction’s lows to the highest of spiritual highs. It was early 2016 when, after numerous times through addiction treatment gave him a glimmer of hope only to have it dashed by an ensuing relapse, that he found himself at…
Read MoreSongwriter Eric Dwight: Addicts aren’t the only ones ‘Born Into Addiction’
A great many musicians touch on addiction and the ravages of it in esoteric or cryptic ways, but not Eric Dwight. The Boston-area singer-songwriter’s new record says it all in the title: “Born Into Addiction.” Writing it, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, began as a way to process the death of his…
Read MoreLight, life and music: Singer-songwriter Eric Stracener thrives in sobriety
The first thing Eric Stracener heard when he pulled open the door to his first 12 Step meeting wasn’t what he expected. For the singer-songwriter, who last fall released the stellar indie-folk record “Ocean Springs,” the trip up those stairs seemed like the shuffle of a condemned man to the chair. He remembers vividly, he…
Read MoreFor Liz Stringer, sobriety adds a whole new meaning to ‘First Time Really Feeling’
The wheels weren’t falling off, but they were damn close when Australian singer-songwriter Liz Stringer pulled back into Melbourne after an exhausting tour grind. It was October 2016, she told The Ties That Bind Us recently, and her relationship with alcohol had run its course. The tour to support “All the Bridges,” the record she…
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