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Hop On the Souuuul Train (feat. Ericka Blount Danois)
FromObject Of Sound
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week marks the release of Hanif’s new book, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance, and the opening chapter dives into the colorful world of Soul Train. Bell bottoms, the Soul Train line, afro’s as high as the sky. Hanif and journalist Ericka Blount Danois talk through how the show forever changed fashion, dance, and carved out a path for the all-Black media empires we see today. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit http://bit.ly/oos-soultrain/ Show Notes / Hanif’s new book is A Little Devil in America: Notes In Praise of Black Performance. Erica’s book on Soul Train is Love, Peace and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show Soul Train: Classic Moments./ Music In This Week's Playlist / Some Kind of Lover - Dance Remix , Jody Watley Let It Whip, Dazz BandHe’s The Greatest Dancer, Sister SledgeLove Come Down, Evelyn Champagne KingFamily Affair, Sly & The Family StoneSeptember, Earth, Wind & Fire Do Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing), ZappLove Train, The O’Jays/ Credits / Object of Sound is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, and Babette Thomas. The show is additionally produced by Hanif Abdurraqib. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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