ABLE Voices Ep 31: Alex James Kennedy

Dr. Rhoda Bernard, founder and managing director of The Berklee  Institute for Accessible Arts Education is proud to present the ABLE  Voices podcast featuring artists and arts educators with disabilities.    We are inviting disabled artists and arts educators to be guests and  guest hosts on ABLE Voices. Today's guest, Alex James Kennedy, will also  be our next upcoming guest host.  Alex James is a singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and teacher  from the northeast of England. Alex suffers from a rare muscle wasting  condition known as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), but turns this  into a positive, channelling his pain into writing music. Alex is also  the singer of the world's first DMD fronted alternative rock band known  as Alex James, challenging the pre conceptions of rock music, bringing  wheelchairs onto the stage and advocating for change in the music  industry.   The ABLE Voices podcast is produced and edited by BIAAE Operations  Coordinator, Daniel Martinez del Campo. The introduction music was  written by Kai Levin and the ending song was written by Sebastian  Batista. Kai and Sebastian are students in the Arts Education Programs  at the Berklee Institute for Accessible Arts Education.For more information about our programs visit us at:  https://college.berklee.edu/BIAAEFollow us for more weekly updates at:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berkleeiaae/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BerkleeIAAE