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Michael Kiwanuka on race, music, and 'Big Little Lies,' Gender & controversy at the GRAMMYs and CMT
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Michael Kiwanuka on race, music, and 'Big Little Lies,' Gender & controversy at the GRAMMYs and CMT
FromA Deeper Listen
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Michael Kiwanuka talks about race and music, and how having his song selected as the intro music for HBO’s Big Little Lies pushed his career forward. Musician, activist and new GRAMMY voter, Madame Gandhi talks about the latest controversies surrounding the GRAMMYs and issues around gender and racial parity in the music industry. Leslie Fram of Country Music Television talks about why CMT pledged a 50/50 gender split on the videos played on their channel and why so few female artists are played on country radio.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jan 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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