“When the right words don't come to mind sometimes the right chord can tell the story.”
— Spectrum News
Press
Austin Woman Magazine
Singer/songwriter Vanessa Lively and her nonprofit Home Street Music are restoring self-worth in the Austin Homeless Community through music
Austin Chronicle
When Lively first received a Music to Life award to fund a music-related community activism project, she envisioned simply giving homeless people access to instruments and creative space. It only took one week for it to evolve into a sphere of sharing.
Spectrum News Austin
Lively spends a big part of her time giving back to the homeless community in the best way she knows how: through music.
How Did I Get Here Podcast
Founder Vanessa Lively Shares the Home Street Story on Episode 881
We have a great conversation about taking hiatus from her music career to have children and coming back with renewed passion
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health podcast
Why music fans, in Austin and elsewhere, should be paying attention.
On this episode Patsy Bouressa, SIMS clinical director, and Vanessa Lively, an Austin-area musician who heads her own nonprofit, Home Street Music, shed some light on the mental health needs of this community.
The Awesome Foundation
Home Street Receives a Grant
One day I was asked what my dream project would be in my own community and out came the vision of Home Street Music.