The program offers individualized peer support to musicians in need of a sober companion.
Tag: musicians and addiction
Raphael Saadiq Explains How His Brother's Addiction Inspired New Album
“The record is not really about just Jimmy Lee. It’s more about everybody has a Jimmy Lee in their life, you know? It’s universal,” Saadiq said about his new album.
"Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool" Connects Jim Crow Oppression to Davis' Heroin Addiction
Miles Davis’ heroin addiction and alcoholism are all well known and well documented. However, Nelson frames this period as resulting from Davis’ return to a reality in which he was not wanted but his music was.
Artists in Recovery Find Their Fix in "The Creative High"
Creativity — making art — is another way to find that aliveness and spiritual connection often sought through drugs and alcohol. The creative process can be transformative for people with addiction. Recovery that consists of meetings, step work, and an unfulfilling job makes for a very black-and-white life — at least for me it did.… Continue reading Artists in Recovery Find Their Fix in "The Creative High"
Dolores O’Riordan's Alcohol-Related Cause of Death Revealed
The Cranberries singer’s body was found in a London hotel in January. The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan had a blood alcohol level four times the legal driving limit at the time of her death, according to coroner’s inquest, AP News reports. A police officer reported to the inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court that on January… Continue reading Dolores O’Riordan's Alcohol-Related Cause of Death Revealed