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Music Reconstructed: Adia Victoria and the Landscape of the Blues – w/ Charles L. Hughes
Music Reconstructed: Adia Victoria and the Landscape of the Blues – w/ Charles L. Hughes
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
When we consider the trauma of white supremacy during the Jim Crow era—what writer Ralph Ellison describes as “the brutal experience”—it’s important to understand the resilience and joy that sustained Black communities. We can experience that all through the “near-comic, near-tragic lyricism” of the blues. In part 3 of this series, acclaimed musician, songwriter and poet Adia Victoria shows how the bittersweet nature of blues does “the very emotionally mature work of acknowledging” this complex history. And for helpful classroom resources, check out the enhanced full transcript of this episode.
Released:
Apr 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (76)
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