Soundwaves is a biweekly podcast produced by Salt Lake City's SLUG Magazine, an independent free monthly magazine published since 1989. An acronym for Salt Lake UnderGround, SLUG's podcast, Soundwaves, focuses on local musicians and their music or upcoming events in Salt Lake City. For more information visit slugmag.com.
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Episode #322 – Teilani
As a biracial gay man, Teilani Leaupepetele encountered a lot of well-meaning prejudice when he moved to Provo to attend BYU. Racist remarks and looming heteronormativity weren’t uncommon, and Teilani, still closeted, needed an outlet to speak. With his first single, “PDX,” Teilani started to explore just what he wanted to express. Soon he met someone, a boy, and it changed him: Teilani realized he needed to come out. The EP Tama was born, and while it speaks to the complicated experiences of being a person of color and queer, it also unabashedly speaks to the nuance of gay love, affirming Teilani’s own need for love songs specific to the queer experience.
Thanks for listening to SLUG Mag Soundwaves.
- This podcast was created by SLUG Magazine and produced by Angela H. Brown, Parker Scott Mortensen
- Associate Producers: Alexander Ortega, Joshua Joye, John Ford, Bianca Velasquez
- Executive Producer: Angela H. Brown
- Music by Teilani
- Soundwaves logo and art design by Nicholas Dowd
- Photo courtesy of Teilani