Licity
Licity Collins is fearless. Combining her raw passionate voice, intense rhythmic guitar, penetrating lyrics and spoken word, Licity creates music and shows that are unique, immersive and memorable experiences that will change your life—lighting a fire in the part of you that is fearless too. Licity combines intimate folk music layered with classic rock bravado. To this she adds, unexpectedly personal spoken word prose.
In today’s episode, Licity shares a story that is a memory from a few years ago. The woman in the story, and the song that she sang to her, taught her how to be in joy. She was a force of joy. Licity so beautifully shares a spoken word piece, and a song - and you’re going to want to turn the volume up on this one!
NPR’s Here & Now described her as “writing and singing full frontal.” Fox News.com called her music, “Lyrical, intense, intimate and relatable...that listeners may see as a mirror into their own lives.” Licity may be one of the few artists who can claim profiles on both the liberal NPR and conservative Fox News, proving that in this time of harsh divisions, Licity's passion bridges audiences and touches people in that place we all share—the place she embodies—of raw, honest, fearless emotion. Licity believes there are no wrong notes and as a result has a gift for allowing herself to be raw and honest in her performance, striving for authenticity over perfection. In this way she becomes a fellow traveler with her listeners, placing herself not above them on the stage, but walking next to them as a companion on their journeys. Licity says, "I like cognitive dissonance and my people like to look each other in the eye." Her debut album ONE GIRL TOWN was released in 2018 and her music+spoken Live Album LOVE COURAGE YES: LIVE AT THE UNDERGROUND EXCHANGE was released in 2019.
“We see those who leave this planet in so many ways, all the time, even after they are gone. They show up, every time we look in the mirror at who we are now. We never stop seeing them, we always see them again. KC’s words, not mine—may you hear them as the words of those you love. May you hear their voice, and feel their hands take yours and say, I’ll see you again.”
Tune in on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7bZHrtjAzbksbLWNaak1NM
Tune in on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stories-of-inspiring-joy/id1510488632
To connect with Licity and learn more visit her website http://licitycollins.com/ and on Instagram @licitycollins Facebook @licitycollins and you can join her email list here
Stories of Inspiring Joy is a production of Seek The Joy Media and created by Sydney Weiss. To learn more and submit your story, click here.