RECENT PRESS/APPEARANCES

 “I hope to write more at some point about singer-songwriter Alex Wong’s Permission Parties, at which he and his partner Leah Light prepare an amazing meal that contextualizes his songs about growing up a second-generation Chinese-American in California. These communal gatherings are showing how music can create community in a whole new way.” - Ann Powers, NPR

“I personally haven’t seen, in the field of art or songwriting, such as direct communication of [these] themes and a direct willingness to be vulnerable about it. I think he’s going to save lives, I think he’s going to deeply help people that need someone to say it.” - Abigail Washburn, GRAMMY winning musician

“[The Permission Parties are] A wholly unique listening and tasting experience that promises to honor, celebrate and inspire.”
- Amy Stumpfl, The Nashville Scene

“This was one of the best meals I’ve had in [Nashville], and there are a lot of talented chefs here, but this was incredible.” - The Hungry Loner, Food Blogger

“Permission Parties was so impactful to me, a mixed Chinese American raised with minimal of the Chinese and a maximum of white American. Most cultural Chinese foods I never had growing up, and when I became vegetarian I didn't think I'd ever get to eat meals like this. It was so amazing to eat the dishes and hear the history behind them - I get emotional if I think about it too much. I was given something I never fully knew I was missing and never thought I'd be able to experience, a part of my history” - MULTITUDES 2024 Guest

“I initially wanted to attend just because of the music and the opportunity to meet and support Vienna and Alex, but the Permission Party experience is going to stay with me for a really long time -- the music, the food, the story and the connections.” - MULTITUDES 2024 Guest

“I mentioned it at the time, but still true: the Permission Party was comparable (or better) to any prex fixe dinner I've had at swanky DC restaurants. Absolutely incredible.”  - MULTITUDES 2024 Guest

"Pushes his work beyond conventional ideas of what it means to be an artist" … "one of the most authentically integrated creatives I know.” - Korby Lenker, Morse Code Podcast

INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES

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KEEPSAKE HOUSE PODCAST EPISODE
PRODUCERS UNPACKED EPISODE
INTERVIEW WITH KCTV CHANNEL 5