Photo by Krysta Brayer
Jean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs, concerned as much with the internal world as with the external. Her latest record as a bandleader, Sisterly, is a collection of songs about communication and missed connections, and tackles topics from love, lust, and longing to prisons, police violence, and migration. - “remarkable in so many ways I can think of no comparison” Elmore Magazine
On a rainy day in Brooklyn, singer and songwriter Jean Rohe (my colleague at Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project) and I sit down to talk about group music making, surviving as a woman in jazz school, justice, and how sound can transcend language.
Check out the songs from the episode: