Greetings and happy autumn from all of us at Passenger – It’s September, which means it’s National Recovery Month! And if you’re new here, thank you for your interest – Please scroll to the bottom to learn more about what we do
We kicked National Recovery Month off on the homefront at the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival, passing out narcan and information on local and national resources for our recovery community, including The SIMS Foundation, Families Against Narcotics, The Roadie Clinic and The Phoenix. If you’re looking for help, please contact these amazing folks, or hit us for more information on them!
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Our first episode of “If You Can See It, You Can Be It” is live! We spoke with friend and colleague Joanne Croxford about the rigors of touring, and making better choices on the road as a result of recovery. Joanne is a tour + production manager and LGBTQ + advocate, who has worked with Sia, Duran Duran, and is currently on the road with Peaches. Our hope is that this series will help those in recovery, and young people exploring the music industry who are interested in staying healthy on the road.
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Passenger is also excited to welcome a few new faces to the crew:
Corey Telin, board member: Corey is a clinical social worker and has been in the mental health and substance use fields since 2006. Prior to his career in social work, Corey worked in the Detroit area promoting and booking shows at various clubs including St. Andrews Hall, The Shelter, and The Magic Stick. Sober since 2005, Corey has first hand experience of the challenges people trying to enter recovery face while working in the music business. He has worked at Dawn Farm, Michigan Medicine, and is currently the Behavioral Health Director at Packard Health in Ann Arbor.
Joanne Croxford has been a volunteer and comrade since 2019, we’re just making it official: Having worked across the international music industry for multiple years, Joanne brings extensive experience of life on the road teamed with her own recovery story which began in 2010, to the Passenger team. Joanne also worked for industry charity, Music Support, and is a social campaigner for LGBTQ+/gender and ethnic minorities in the business through her additional voluntary work with 3T and Girls Rock London.
Bryan Wolf is our Director of Programming: Bryan is a native of Metro Detroit; after moving to Germany for graduate school, he spent over thirty years living there as a composer, sound engineer, producer, sound artist, keyboard player, and educator. He was Karlheinz Stockhausen’s personal sound projection assistant for ten years and completed hundreds of concerts, installations, and sound projects at major venues and festivals all over the world, including the Stuttgart Opera, Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall London, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Suntory Hall Tokyo, KKL Lucerne, Cité de la Musique Paris, Warsaw Autumn, and Milan Cathedral among many others. Bryan began his recovery journey after returning to Detroit, and is grateful that he can give back by supporting music and creative professionals in their struggles to maintain sobriety amid the challenges of touring. Bryan is looking forward to developing programs that bring the life-changing power of music-making and active listening to a broader community in Metro Detroit, providing access to the deep interpersonal connections and potential for personal development that musical activities offer.