Attillah Springer in conversation Lauren Frances-Sharma

IBTHOM by Wajang Discotheque is a music-centered interview in which artists discuss their work and favorite pieces of music. It takes its name from the lyric book of the late great Winston Bailey, the Shadow. It is a different take on the long running BBC Radio Series ‘Desert Island Discs’, a music centred interview in which artists, scientists, thinkers are castaway to a deserted island and asked to take along some of their prized pieces of music to accompany them on their journey.

‘I Belong to the House of Music’ imagines that the island is not deserted and attempts to shape another conversation about how the island's sounds affect the person who finds himself at this place.

Lauren and Roberto are brilliant writers with Caribbean roots whose stories and poetry capture the nuances of the dichotomy of the Caribbean-American experience, pay homage to ancestral roots and connections, and interrogate the connection between blackness within its many diasporas.

Hailing from distinctly different language territories in the Caribbean, we are excited to hear of how the indigenous sounds of their Mother cultures have influenced their creative consciousness.

Proudly co-presented with the Center for Fiction and the Wajang Discotheque for the 5th consecutive year!