Growing up with gal-dem

Rachel Chinouriri on the importance of memories in creating who you are today

Content warning: this episode contains mentions of deathThis week on Growing up with gal-dem, Nie and Natty chat to musician <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachelchinouriri/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel Chinouriri</a> about the vast influences (spanning alternative music to horror films) that have affected her music now and helped her pursue music as the youngest of 5 children. Rachel brings us a different kind of extract in the form of a whatsapp screenshot to her grandma in 2016. She shares how losing her grandma and losing that supportive hand encouraged her to keep going and encouraged her to be happy in music and life.  You can listen to Rachel’s stunning second EP, Four° In Winter <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1CCZQvQ4cSUY9mXOlJYHC3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.  Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Welcome to <a href="https://www.gal-dem.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gal-dem</a>'s first ever podcast, Growing up with gal-dem. Over the course of the series Natty Kasambala and Niellah Arboine invite a different guest to respond to old diary entries, text messages, or letters from their younger selves - nurturing important conversations about growing up. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.