The most indelible moments in music come when a song raises the hair on the back of your neck and makes you put your fist in the air and stomp your feet. From classics such as Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” to more current numbers such as “Sweeter” by Leon Bridges and Tyler Childers’s “Long Violent History,” some of the most powerful tunes can also soundtrack a movement and become a force for change. “Black Myself,” by the East Tennessee these times. “This is the longest sustained interest in talking about racial injustice that I think I’ve ever seen,” she says via a Zoom chat from her home in Johnson City, Tennessee. “So what a time to make the point, keep the conversation going, and maybe bring in some new people.”
