Vanessa Lively

Harnessing the healing power of song, Home Street Music is on a mission to empower and build community for people who have experienced homelessness.

Founder, Vanessa Lively, and volunteer Vidhur Seshadri stopped by to tell Trevor Scott more about the organization.

Founder Vanessa Lively said she drew inspiration from a program called Art From the Streets.

“I wanted a similar program that offered a safe space to create music, write songs, be musically creative and playful, and for folks to build community and camaraderie and confidence through the program,” she said.

Fastball, Patricia Vonne, Lonesome Prayer, Dana Cooper and Vanessa Lively are all featured in this episode.

Posted November 20, 2024 1:25pm CST

Vanessa Lively's music is not just interesting melodies, not just interesting lyrics, it's a journey of sheer beauty and poetry that is both healing and comforting at the same time. It's original yet familiar , beautiful but not obvious , it's grounding and uplifting in a very organic way. Hear her thoughts on creativity , the value of rituals , how to get over your critical voice, her trajectory in music and in her life, the evaluation of her creative process, and living purposely as an artist for herself and for her community...

Vanessa Lively walks the talk of a free-spirited soul who channels the healing power of music into uplifting the chronically unhoused in Austin, TX.  Her story as a creative and advocate is powerful and thought provoking. In this episode:

Vanessa’s gypsy-esque musical roots and lifestyle that took her from Texas to Ecuador to Bolivia and Peru.

The song contest hosted by Noel Paul Stookey of Peter Paul & Mary that jump started the nonprofit Home Street Music

Episode 136 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand.

Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Kim Stacy met with Vanessa Lively on Zoom for the Comedian’s Interviewing Musicians- Quarantine Series. They talked about moving during quarantine, painting, the benefits of slowing down, growing up in South Texas, poetic gardening, vision boards and the connection between painting and songwriting. She also gave us great live performances featured throughout!