Tiny Room For Elephants

Dewey Saunders, collage cover art guru, joins the crew for Ep 25 of the TRFE Happy Hour. Listen to us chop it up about digging for photos and samples and going deep to be original. You can watch the whole thing right now on our Youtube channel Subscribe if you like what you hear.

OLUWAFEMI COVID RAP: This unexpected COVID reset was on time to make me question my regular routine. Gatherings evaporated from the streets and condensed on the internet. Contact became scarce and the "new normal" became the new conversation. I have been inspired to play more, explore more and discover more of my true self. This space, this moment ain't guaranteed for nobody. Everything could change in an instant. Here is a series of "remix" pieces I've made from stickers tha...t I drew in 2019. Part of an initiative to dig back into my older work for inspiration. Peace. Today from Tiny Room I’m honored to present @olwfm ! Another alumni who has been producing mesmerizing works of art at full clip during the pandemic. Please give him a follow! It’s great to hear his narrative and ethos towards making art using organic regeneration and repurpose of his own materials. We are all still here. We are all as prolific as you remember and stay tuned for updates from our visual artists every Wednesday.

Joie Kathos and trumpeter, producer Martronimous give an in studio performance of their track "Renew" at the TRFE Music Series. Philadelphia is a staple to American Music. The city has an ever-growing music culture. Historically it has been a safe haven for artists & creative minds alike. The Tiny Room For Elephants Music Series looks to shed light on the current state of the music scene in the City of Brotherly Love. The music series pairs emerging artists with Grammy award winning engineer, Jon Smeltz. Live in-studio performances by the artists are recorded and mixed by Jon in his legendary studio.

Joie Kathos gives an in studio performance of her song "Pave The Way" at the TRFE Music Series. Philadelphia is a staple to American Music. The city has an ever-growing music culture. Historically it has been a safe haven for artists & creative minds alike. The Tiny Room For Elephants Music Series looks to shed light on the current state of the music scene in the City of Brotherly Love. The music series pairs emerging artists with Grammy award winning engineer, Jon Smeltz. Live in-studio performances by the artists are recorded and mixed by Jon in his legendary studio.

This week's guest on the TRFE Happy Hour is Joie Kathos. We talk about a lot but first we check in about our favorite green spaces we like to escape to in and around Philadelphia. Comment with your own favorite park! The episode is premiering right now on YouTube. Click through, watch and subscribe: https://youtu.be/ckFOUBnWOTA... #JoieKathos #TRFEHappyHour #Artist #Music #Musician #Podcast #HappyHour #Philadelphia #Philly #PhillyArtist #SingerSongwriter #TinyRoomForElephants #TRFE

Joie Kathos is a singer-songwriter, live performer, dancer and recording artist. This episode was filmed and recorded on 1/11/20 at the Roots Room in Philadelphia by Jon Smeltz. Joie talks a bit about the significance of this date in her life and musical journey and performs two songs live in studio; one original and one produced by and featuring Philly trumpeter/producer Martronimous. Video by Jason Bachman, Mike Greenidge, Dame Ward, Eric Boss and SEEONE. Philadelphia is a... staple to American Music. The city has an ever-growing music culture. Historically it has been a safe haven for artists & creative minds alike. The Tiny Room For Elephants Music Series looks to shed light on the current state of the music scene in the City of Brotherly Love. The music series pairs emerging artists with Grammy award winning engineer, Jon Smeltz. Live in-studio performances by the artists are recorded and mixed by Jon in his legendary studio. See more

When crafting a quilt she used the iron from historic slave shackles as a mordent for dying the silk fabric. She's asking "where exactly does our trauma lie in the physical world... and turning it around!" Do yourself a favor today and give this whole episode a listen on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist

This week on the Tiny Room For Elephants Happy Hour we are joined by artist and the founder of The Art Dept Crew, Emily Carris-Duncan. Yaya, our host this week, does a deep dive into Emily's art and methods but we also had a lot of fun just shooting the shit. So... Leave a comment letting us know your ultimate karaoke song. The whole episode it premiering right now on Youtube: https://youtu.be/1fg-7BtMffY

This week Stacy / Flygirrl joined us for another installment of Memory Lane. She gives us a list of fun memories from her career of throwing parties, events and concerts and we select two to hear about. This week our guest Seper chose the $2 speakeasy party that Stacy organized with Dame and a few others with DJs Questlove and DJ Mike Nyce. Good times! You can watch the whole episode with special guest, Seper, on Youtube right now and subscribe for more great guests and stories like this one! https://youtu.be/l_mjkKEd9eE

Rockaway Queens rapper Bobby J From Rockaway joins us this week on the TRFE Happy Hour. Here he talks about the music video for his track "Where I'm From" which was recorded at a parade one week before the shutdown began in March. We chat about his music, his journey and a whole lot more. Watch the whole discussion on Youtube now: https://youtu.be/d-lHMiiehzg

#TBT In this week’s episode Dame digs deep into his video vault to find this barbershop freestyle performance by our guest Chill Moody from Philadelphia Music Magazine. Watch the crew’s reaction in our next post or in the complete episode at: https://youtu.be/vTKJPWbsHBE