In episode 065 of The Quarantine Tapes, Toshi Reagon shares stories about her experience in quarantine and highlights of performing her creative work, the compelling opera “Octavia Butler’s The Parable of the Sower”. Toshi talks about important community connections, while encouraging us all to “embrace your ability to adapt to an ever-changing world.”Toshi Reagon is a singer, composer, musician, curator, producer and bandleader (BIGLovely) with a profound ear for sonic Americana—from folk to funk, from blues to rock—recording with Lizz Wright, Carl Hancock Rux, Allison Miller, Sweet Honey In The Rock, and Meshell Ndegeocello, among others. She currently tours with her opera, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Recent projects include The Blues Project w/ Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance, Meshell Ndegeocello's Can I Get A Witness—The Gospel of James Baldwin. She founded WordRockSword: A Festival Exploration of Women's Lives... All Lives Welcome.Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team