John's Music in Prisons story: making music helped me through the dark times
John tells us how #MusicinPrisons was “my connection to the outside world and inner self” and how it “fostered him through those bad times” as he worked through the mix of emotions while serving his sentence, helping him to build confidence and move towards the future beyond prison.
He also performs his original song ‘Take Me to the Place’, backed by ITT’s musicians.
We first met John during his time in prison and continued to support him after his release through our #SoundingOut programme.
The Irene Taylor Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales (no. 1073105), established in 1995; if you’d like to help us to reach more people like John, information on how to support us in on our website: https://bit.ly/ITTsupport
This interview and performance was originally recorded as part of our 25 year celebrations in November 2020 – due to the pandemic we moved our celebrations online; you can see the whole of the 25th Birthday Show on our Youtube channel: • #ITT25 - the Irene Taylor Trust's 25th Bir...
Interview and performance filmed and edited by Felipe Pagani.