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What Solange’s <em>When I Get Home</em> Shares With Stevie Wonder’s Most Esoteric Album

The musician’s first studio project since <em>A Seat at the Table </em>emphasizes<em> </em>the revelatory power of repetition.
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Last week, the eclectic, Houston-born musician Solange Knowles released her first studio album since 2016’s landmark . Titled , the record was accompanied by a film of the same name. The project, meditative and balmy, channels the singer’s roots to soothing effect. It’s a recursive love letter to Houston’s geography, the city’s musical pioneers, and the legacies of its black residents. Over the weekend, Knowles discussed the project after screening the film to audiences at nine venues around the city (and online, via the for the album’s rollout). At the SHAPE Community Center, where Knowles

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