In this episode, Bryce speaks with multi-disciplinary performing artist and writer, Jay St. Flono. They discuss Jay’s experience of growing up and into their gifts in many different creative arts, Jay’s transition from tenor to soprano, and Jay’s upcoming performance of their solo vocal cantata, Praise Song for the Flying Africans, with Sugar Hill Salon in Harlem.

Release Date: December 4, 2023

Recording Date: November 18, 2023

Name of Podcast: Beyond Travesti

Episode Title & Number: Jay St. Flono, Season 1, Episode 4

Topic #1: Jay’s intro to classical singing and identity as a multi-disciplinary artist [3:30]

Topic #2: Jay’s shift from tenor to soprano [7:00]

Topic #3: Magic, Folklore, and Praise Song for the Flying Africans [23:50]

Read Episode Transcript here.

Buy Jay’s Book, Black American Magic: A Feast of Food and Folklore

Sugar Hill Salon

The Flying Africans of Igbo Landing

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