<p>Joy Ike is a full-time singer-songwriter. The Nigerian-American, Philadelphia, PA-based artist crafts music at turns soaring and plaintive, draped around a voice all dusky suede. Ike began playing music in earnest while in college, gravitating to piano as a tool to aid her greatest passion - songwriting. &ldquo;I believe good music is simply poetry with a soundtrack&rdquo; she says. In this episode Joy and Leslie discuss her essay from <a href="https://www.squarehalobooks.com/it-was-good-music"><em>It Was Good Making Music to the Glory of God</em></a>.. <a href="https://www.squarehalobooks.com/s/IWGM-Vocation_Ike.pdf">CLICK HERE</a> to download a free excerpt from that essay<em>.</em></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>