In this episode, I talk to Marieke Slovin who spent a number of years in Brussels turning stories of immigrants into songs. As I was listening to this conversation it made me think of a snowfall that seeps into the ground over time continuing to nourish the music garden. So Let this conversation sink in.

You can get the whole story at guidingsong.com/migrationsong

You can buy her book On the Move: Poems and Songs of Migration at Lulu. "Songs of Migration" is a collaboration between Marieke Slovin Lewis, Sarah Reader Harris, and residents of the Fedasil Petit-Château Arrival Centre between January 2017 and January 2020. During this time, Marieke and Sarah offered poetry and songwriting for asylum seekers at the center. The music in this songbook represents many hours of cultural exchange, discussion, vulnerability, creativity, and love.