“Culture in a Time of Crises” - Episode #7: Shwetal A. Patel in conversation with Cleveland Watkiss

In this episode, Cleveland Watkiss MBE, a British vocalist, actor, and composer, talks to Shwetal A. Patel about his life and work. Watkiss discusses his childhood in Hackney, East London, and how he embarked on four-decade musical career via sound systems and an improbable admission to the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama in the 1980’s. He also talks about his recent singer-actor role in the Tavares Strachan exhibition (In Plain Sight) at Marian Goodman gallery this summer, and how he ended up doing two hundred and one shows over eight intense weeks.