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Where Did the Hammond Sound Come From – and Where Did It Go?
Ashon Crawley lecture begins AAAS 50th speaker series Ashon Crawley, Ph.D.‘13, grew up in the Black Pentecostal church playing the Hammond organ by ear. He thought it was a sound that belonged to the black church. In fact, the sound of the organ can be traced from pre-slave trade Islam to southern delta gospel and […]
1974 | Rock Your Baby by George McCrae
From PBS American Experience Collection, Songs of Summer: By Mark Anthony Neal His wife was supposed to sing it. George McCrae’s own music career had languished in Palm Beach clubs, in what might be thought of as an upscale chitlin’ circuit. At the time, he was about to go back to school to study law […]
Talib Kweli: The Beautiful Struggle Continues
Last week, Talib Kweli, a Grammy Award-winning, politically outspoken rapper, and self-proclaimed “Twitter troll killer,” brought his talent and political insights to a week-long residency sponsored by Duke Performances. Kweli, a Brooklyn-based hip hop legend, who got his start in the underground rap scene and is often labeled a “conscious rapper” for his socially relevant […]
Your Parents’ Hip-Hop: A Conversation with 9th Wonder (audio)
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/271454483″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] WUNC’s Frank Stasio talks with Grammy Award-winning producer and Jamla Records label head Patrick Douthit aka 9th Wonder about the pivotal moments in Hip-Hop and how the music shapes other elements of life, from fashion to social activism. This summer Douthit is offering “Hip-Hop in Context,” a 5-part […]
Neal Interviews Wu Tang Member GZA during Moogfest
Rapper GZA, a member of the famed hip hop group Wu Tang Clan, would talk about the business of hip hop with fellow founding member RZA, but often their conversations would take a turn by the end. “We would end up talking about the weight of an atom,” GZA told an audience of festival attendees […]
