Fresh off of the debut of SASAMI, the eponymous solo album that is sure to be the first of many, Ashworth is already bringing out members of all of her communities and creating strong, centered works out of sturdy foundations.
Looking at my pieces on this site, there’s a lot of local flavor but there is also an abandoned pet project I wrote entitled, ‘Creating Space.’ I wrote this as an introduction, an exploration of myself and an invitation to other Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) creators in Boston for discussion. It felt necessary; I was looking at my own identity in a critical, academic manner and trying to situate my race and ethnicity within the other facets of my identity. I was looking for my community during a time I was uncertain of the future of my own community, while knowing I wanted to have a hand in shaping it. This was before the explosion of Crazy Rich Asians opened the floodgates but well after a single concert changed my entire viewpoint on what was possible for my community – all of my communities.
Join us in exploring identity with various AAPI musicians of Boston as an ongoing discussion of what it means to belong to the ‘model minority’ in the Boston music scene.