What does it mean to fashion yourself into an instrument — to be played by music rather than simply playing it?
In this episode, Lisa Littlebird sits down with songwriter and community songleader Brian "Yam" M. Dwyer, a devoted song man living in Bellingham, Washington, whose songs are woven into the heart of Wholehearted Chorus's 2026 concert season.
Yam arrives fresh from a car accident that left him savoring every ordinary moment, and that spirit of preciousness and presence threads through the entire conversation. Lisa and Yam are becoming friends in real time — and you get to listen in as they discover just how much they share: a belief that song is a birthright, a direct route to the divine, and sometimes a lifeline.
They explore the etymology of the word music (the art of remembering), the wisdom of full-body intuition versus the endless loop of the mind, and what it truly means to be a servant of love.
The episode closes with Yam singing "Servant of Love" — the song opening and closing all Wholehearted Chorus concerts this season — a love song not to a person, but to love itself.
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