Soul and R&B musicians in recovery
NOLA musical icon Ivan Neville savors life’s every moment, thanks to recovery
Courtesy of Jim Mimma Ivan Neville posted an old picture to Facebook the other day, and he marveled at the young man staring back at him from the other side of addiction recovery. It’s been more than three decades since it was taken, he told The Ties That Bind Us during a recent interview, and…
Read MoreLevi Kreis: ‘The great thing about sobriety is … it doesn’t stop giving’
Courtesy of Rachel Love For Levi Kreis, home is a many-splendored spiritual mansion of vibrant rooms of memory intersected by long, dark hallways of shame and self-loathing. It’s the lined face and rough hands of Lee Roy, a grandfather Kreis remembers as a “remarkable man of faith, consistency, compassion and love, for me and my…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Amanda Bocchi: ‘I don’t focus on staying sober. I focus on living’
The first time Amanda Bocchi’s life went off the rails, she was fleeing Georgia escaping an abusive relationship to detox in her father’s basement in order to keep from giving birth to an addicted baby. She had accepted the measure of her own addiction, but while she had reached a point of desperation, she had…
Read MoreSoul rocker Katie Burke: Sobriety’s gift is the elevation of her art
Soul rocker Katie Burke: Sobriety’s gift is the elevation of her art Sensitivity makes her a talented artist, but it was a heavy cross for Katie Burke to carry during her adolescent years. It’s still a part of who she is, and the growing attention she’s getting as a ferocious blues/soul/rock singer for KB and…
Read MoreGrammy winner Mike Farris turns his addiction into a weapon for salvation
All photos courtesy of Sebastian Smith Grammy winner Mike Farris turns his addiction into a weapon for salvation It’s a funny thing, Mike Farris muses: The thing that damn near killed him has now become his greatest spiritual weapon. For years, the soul rocker, Grammy winner and former frontman of the Screamin’ Cheetah Wheelies struggled…
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