Stereo Embers The Podcast 0248: Alison Faith Levy (The Loud Family, The Sippy Cups)

“You Are Magic”

Alison Faith Levy is super busy. She was in the post Game Theory outfit the Loud Family, she’s one half of the McCabe and Mrs Miller duo, the other half being Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher, and you might also know her from the alt rock for kids outfit the Sippy Cups. So yes, Alison is always busy, but somehow between the music and raising a family with her husband Danny Plotnick, she went on to receive a master’s degree at Boston’s Hebrew College in 2020. She now serves as a cantorial soloist and educator at two Bay Area synagogues. And she has a new album. Her third solo effort, You Are Magic is a joyful blast of effusive and thoughtful pop for adults and kids alike. The album’s mission statement is to open up dialogue in families about all sorts of stuff that families should be talking about in the first place: morals, ethics, expression, mindfulness, creativity and connectivity. It’s a brilliant and refreshing collection that’s inspiring, heartwarming and rousing. And so is this chat! In this conversation, Alison talks to Alex about….well, about everything: Game Theory, XTC, Judaism, teaching and raising a son who loved John Fahey at age eight.

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