CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.

151 - RAYE ZARAGOZA - SINGER/SONGWRITER WHO IS LEAVING LA FOR A YEAR TO BE IN THE U.S. TOUR OF PETER PAN...HOW ONE ENDING LEAD TO MANY NEW BEGINNINGS


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Hosts Julie Slater and Jason Friday chat with LA singer/songwriter Raye Zaragoza who's about to embark on her first headling tour for her new album "Hold That Spirit" - right before she takes on the role of Tiger Lily on the U.S. touring Broadway musical Peter Pan...Raye has written political folk music that is informed by her identity as a woman of mixed Indigenous, Asian and Latina heritage. She writes the music for Netflix's Spirit Rangers, a show featuring an all Native American writers room and cast…she worked exclusively with women on her new album Hold that Spirit...how her father influenced her in the world of musical theatre...her first memories of music being important in her life...how music has helped her calm her anxieties...how pushing through a break-up helped open her up for all the things...what it felt like to sell most of her things and store the precious items in a storage room to head out on tour...how music saved her and opened up her soul...from loving Avril Lavigne to loving Joni Mitchell...going to the same school FAME is based off of...hanging out at Virgin Records listening to music...living in New York...her deep love for Long Beach, CA...her background in musical theatre...deciding if she could do both a record release tour and the musical...how Viola Davis' book helped her...chasing an EGOT...RAYE plays Hotel Cafe in LA this Thursday 09.14.23...



IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE - Raye just packed up to leave for tour for a year, find out the one thing (besides people, her dog, and the weather) she wishes she could take with her...the best advice she's ever gotten...one song that has helped her get through tough times...which activity she would pick: the beach, camping in the woods, a cabin in the snow or the desert...and the best advice she would give her younger self about living her dreams CUZ SHE HAS TO.


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CUZ I HAVE TO...when living your dream is the only option - with JULIE SLATER and JASON FRIDAY.By Julie Slater and Jason Friday

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