Guest DJ: Hozier On Why Music From The Civil Rights Movement Still Resonates
Irish singer/songwriter Hozier sits down with NPR Music's Bob Boilen to discuss the lifetime of listening that led to his new EP, Nina Cried Power, and what American blues means to him.
How does music travel through time? How does a kid growing up in Ireland latch on to music made 50 years earlier and find something that resonates, an ocean away? — his first major release since his 2014 debut album — that pays tribute to the musicians whose music ignited Civil Rights movements around the world.
