Show Notes
Host Ned Buskirk speaks with ahlay blakely, a Seattle-based singer-songwriter and community grief practitioner whose work explores more-than-human kinship, ancestral memory, and collective lament through participatory song and ritual. Rooted in Ashkenazi, Scandinavian, and British folk lineages, her practice brings together decolonial inquiry, depth psychology, and ecological devotion to address the entanglements of trauma, extraction, and ecological rupture, expressed through community singing projects including WAILS: Songs for Grief and Anthems for an Apocalypse. ahlay blakely'santhems for an apocalypse: https://www.healingattheroots.com/anthemsforanapocalypsewails album: http://www.healingattheroots.com/wailshomeMonthly Newsletter: https://www.healingattheroots.com/Reciprocity: https://www.healingattheroots.com/reciprocityPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexandrablakelyBandcamp: https://ahlayblakely.bandcamp.com/album/spells-from-the-unknownWebsite: https://www.healingattheroots.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandra_blakely/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexandrablakely3152/videos Learn more about Singing Resistance - a movement of singers across the US singing in grief, power, and solidarity that Jordan and Ned reference at the end of the episode - here: https://www.instagram.com/singingresistance/ Produced by Nick JainaSoundscaping by Nick JainaAssociate Produced by Jordan Edelheit”YG2D Podcast Theme Song” by Nick Jaina"Initiations" song & lyrics by ahlay blakely Get episodes before everyone else by becoming a patron now at https://www.patreon.com/YG2D. Support our 501(c)3 nonprofit with tax-deductible donations here: https://www.yg2d.com/donate IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED EMAIL US AT [email protected] The views expressed in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily represent the views of YG2D.
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