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In the final episode of this season, Adia is joined by âQueen of Bounceâ Big Freedia. From BeyoncĂ© to Kesha, Freediaâs collaborations proudly reflect her upbringing in New Orleans, and the spirit of the church that resides in her. Adia and Freedia talk about what it means to be insistent on pursuing liberation, the relationship between good food and good music, and the power of community. Thank you for joining us in another season of leaning into the blues. For the playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-freedia
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Roy Ayers Ubiquity, âEverybody Loves The Sunshineâ
BeyoncĂ©, âGet Me Bodiedâ
The Jacksons, âBlame It On The Boogieâ
Big Freedia (feat. Jake Shears and Anjelika âJellyâ Joseph), âNot Todayâ
Tank and the Bangas (feat. Big Freedia), âBigâ
Missy Elliott, âBomb Intro/Pass That Dutchâ
Robert Johnson, âSweet Home Chicagoâ
/ Show Notes /
Big Freediaâs latest EP is âBig Diva Energy,â available now.
Adia and Freedia talk about her cover of Lady Gagaâs âJudasâ for the 10th anniversary of âBorn This Way.â
Adia mentions Freediaâs documentary on gun violence in New Orleans, âFreedia Got A Gun,â streaming now on Peacock.
Freedia says âCalling My Nameâ by Hezekiah Walker is the song thatâs giving her life and light right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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The music of the South is always drawing upon the church, either relishing in it, or rebelling from it. When Memphis-born artist Julien Baker started reckoning with her faith, âthe entire paradigm of my life evaporated.â Since then, Julien has channeled this reckoning into her music, lacing her lyrics with radical honesty and self-reflection. In this episode, Julien and Adia share about how their relationship to God and religion has influenced their music. For the playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-julien
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Robyn, âBetween The Linesâ
Björk, âBig Time Sensualityâ
St. Vincent, âI Prefer Your Loveâ
Patti Smith Group, âBecause The Nightâ
Hank Williams, âIâm So Lonesome I Could Cryâ
John Coltrane, âA Love Supreme, Pt. 1 - Acknowledgmentâ
Little Bandit, âNashvilleâ
/ Show Notes /
Julien Bakerâs latest album is âLittle Oblivions,â available now, along with an EP of five remixed tracks from the album.
Julien says âOne More Hourâ by Flock of Dimes is the song thatâs giving her life and light right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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From Bessie Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, Southern Black women have built on a long legacy of giving their bodies a voice through the blues. On this weekâs Call & Response, hip-hop scholar Dr. Regina N. Bradley makes it clear that Southern Black culture is not frozen in time, but instead embracing and challenging the issues connecting younger generations. For the playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-regina
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Rapsody, âNinaâ
Victoria MonĂ©t, âAss Like Thatâ
Janet Jackson, âThe Pleasure Principleâ
Angel Olsen, âLark Songâ
The Chicks, âGaslighterâ
Tweet feat. Missy Elliott, âOops (Oh My)â
Megan Thee Stallion, âBodyâ
Nina Simone, âFeeling Goodâ
/ Show Notes /
Dr. Regina N. Bradleyâs latest book is âChronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South,â out now from UNC Press. She also just edited a collection of essays from other music scholars, âAn Outkast Reader,â available now from UGA Press.
Regina says âCall Meâ by Tweet is the song thatâs giving life and light right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom says the blues go beyond the beat and key. Itâs a feeling born and inherited from the experience of Southern Black women. As Call & Response dives deeper into the blues, the sociologist and 2020 MacArthur fellow says she can hear the historical echoes of pain and urgency throughout Southern music -- and wants listeners to understand why they do too. For the playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-tressie.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
The Shirelles, âMama Saidâ
Junior, âMama Used To Sayâ
2Pac, âDear Mamaâ
Gladys Knight and the Pips, âIâve Got To Use My Imaginationâ
Dolly Parton, âCoat of Many Colorsâ
Odetta, âMotherâs Blues (Little Children Blues)â
Nina Simone, âBlues for Mamaâ
/ Show Notes /
Tressie McMillan Cottomâs latest book is "Thick: And Other Essays",â out now from The New Press. Tressie is also working on two upcoming books, âBasicâ and âThe Vivian.â
Adia and Tressie discuss âThe Dolly Moment,â an essay Tressie wrote for her newsletter in February.
Tressie says âDope Queen Bluesâ by Adia Victoria is the song thatâs giving her light right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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What happens when one artistâs work is read through the lens of another? TrĂ© Burtâs rambling bluesman sound means his music is constantly compared to that of Bob Dylan, but as a Black man living in 2021, his writing draws from very different perspectives. In this interview, TrĂ© and Adia distinguish what it means to write from experience versus observation, share how working blue-collar jobs has fed their artistic careers, and remember the late, great John Prine. Hear a playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode at https://bit.ly/cr-tre.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
TrĂ© Burt, âI Cannot Careâ
Waxahatchee, âLight Of A Clear Blue Morningâ
Lil Nas X, âSun Goes Downâ
Adia Victoria, âCarolina Boundâ
Buster Benton, âMoney Is The Name Of The Gameâ
Bill Withers, âLonely Town, Lonely Streetâ
/ Show Notes /
TrĂ© Burtâs latest album âYou, Yeah, You,â is available now on Oh Boy Records.
TrĂ© says âPay Dayâ by Mississippi John Hurt is the song thatâs giving him life right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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Born in Chattanooga, and based in Johnson City, Tennessee, Amythyst Kiahâs sound is a blend of old-time music and fingerpicking blues with a punk-indie sensibility. Like many of us who came up in the South, Amythyst had to find and define her voice, even as she was told she couldnât be into Green Day or into skateboarding and also play the guitar. This weekâs episode of Call & Response is for the people who are facing the brave work of reclaiming themselves, for the people who have found solace in the company of a guitar, and itâs a hope for you â to keep pushing forward in your blues. For the playlist of songs curated for this weekâs episode visit: https://bit.ly/amythyst.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Leyla McCalla, âGirlâ
Precious Bryant, âDonât Let The Devil Rideâ
Sunny War, âMamaâs Milkâ
Jessie Mae Hemphill, âMy Daddyâs Bluesâ
Elizabeth Cotten, âGaslight Bluesâ
Kyshona Armstrong, âFearâ
Yasmin Williams, âThrough The Woodsâ
/ Episode Notes /
Amythyst Kiahâs latest album is âWary + Strangeâ is out now on Rounder Records.
Amythyst mentions James Spoonerâs 2003 documentary âAfro-Punkâ on Black punk fans navigating whitewashed alternative music scenes.
Amythyst says âSissy That Walkâ by RuPaul is the song thatâs giving her life right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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Just hours after a Confederate monument was removed in Richmond, VA, Jason Isbell made his take very clear: âNostalgia requires a lack of examination.â Amid the backdrop of a region reckoning with its past, this weekâs Call & Response features Adia Victoria speaking with Jason, the Grammy award-winning songwriter from Green Hill, Alabama. Jason reflects on his identity as a white Southern man, why he seeks communion in his work, and the pitfalls of unquestioned nostalgia in country music. Also, hear a new single featuring Jason Isbell from Adia Victoriaâs upcoming album, âA Southern Gothic,â in this weekâs playlist: https://bit.ly/cr-jason.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Brittney Spencer, âSober and Skinnyâ
Mickey Guyton, âRemember Her Nameâ
Amythyst Kiah, âFancy Drones (Fracture Me)â
Shemekia Copeland, âGive God The Bluesâ
Allison Russell, âAll of the Womenâ
Joy Oladokun, âBad Bloodâ
Adia Victoria feat. Kyshona, Margo Price and Jason Isbell, âYou Was Born To Dieâ
/ Show Notes /
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unitâs album "Georgia Blue," featuring Adia Victoria, comes out digitally on Oct. 15 through Southeastern Records. Jasonâs latest album is âReunions,â available now.
Jason references a meme showing a futuristic city as what âwould be country music if we just cut the bullshit out early on.â
Jason and Adia mention the origins of âbluegrassâ music and how it was named.
Jason says âHide Awayâ by Freddie King is the song thatâs giving him life right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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Welcome back to Call & Response. To open season two of our show, Adia is joined by fellow Southerner and singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, whose latest album, âHome Videoâ is drawn largely from her childhood journals. In their conversation, Adia and Lucy talk about growing up in the church, learning to trust your own voice, and questioning what it means to be a reliable narrator for your own life. Weâre so excited to have you here with us for another season of leaning into the blues to make sense of this world. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode head over to https://bit.ly/cr-lucy.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
Lucy Dacus, âVBSâ
The Roots feat. Monsters of Folk, âDear God 2.0â
Curtis Mayfield, â(Donât Worry) If Thereâs A Hell Below Weâre All Going To Goâ
The Louvin Brothers, âSinner, Youâd Better Get Readyâ
Kings of Leon, âThe Runnerâ
serpentwithfeet, âFellowshipâ
/ Show Notes /
Lucy Dacusâ new album âHome Videoâ is out now on Matador Records.
Lucy says âI Followâ by Molly Drake is the song giving her life right now.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Ann Marie Awad and Daniel Rayzel. Our engineer is Sam Bair of The Relic Room.
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âWhat could be possible in the future when it comes to our artists? What is possible when it comes to us looking at each other? What can be possible when we shun a scarcity mindset? When we say this table is big enough for all of us? No, fuck that. Let's build a new table where everyone has a full plate, because we understand that when we create, we are able to feed.â In this final episode of our mid-season special at Newport festival, Adia leaves us with a poem. Keep your heart and your ears wide open for Season 2 of Call & Response, coming September 9th.
/ Show Notes /
Check out all the other episodes of this mid season special of Call & Response.
Listen to Allison Russellâs music.
Press coverage of Once and Future Sounds curated by Allison Russell.Huge thank you to the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Festivals Foundation.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Emily Shaw. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Tom Tierney.
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On Saturday at Newport, Allison Russell convened a super group of BIPOC performers to take the stage lead by the legendary Chaka Khan. The very next morning, we recorded this conversation. âIt's not going to take anything away from you to let us in,â says Allison. âI wanted everyone to be able to see and hear and feel this majesty, this diversity, these expansive, intensely individual artists.â In this equally expansive conversation, Adia and Allison explore what it means to create collectively, for artists to lift each other up, and what it could look like if the music industry did the same.
/ Show Notes /
Allisonâs debut solo record is Outside Child. Allison is also a part of the band Our Native Daughters alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah and Leyla McCalla.
Listen back to Call and Response featuring Brandi Carlile and Rhiannon Giddens, mentioned in this episode.
Allison Russell shouts out the Marigold Foundation and the Looking Out Foundation for supporting the Super Jam she curated. She also cites the work of the Black Visionâs Collective.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Emily Shaw. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Tom Tierney.
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âSometimes the best thing to do is to listen and to not speak. Listening is where you're going to grow.â In this second episode of our mid-season special taped live at Newport Folk Festival, Adia catches up with her longtime friend, collaborator, and country music star Margo Price. Adia and Margo discuss how Margo has come to embody a radical honesty; both in her music and speaking out on what needs to change in the Nashville music scene. They talk about Margoâs love of Tina Turner and what it means to give credit to Black artists.
/ Show Notes /
Margo Priceâs recent EP is Live From The Other Side. She recently performed her song âHey Childâ on Colbert.
Adiaâs latest single is South Gotta Change.
You can find more about what Margo Price said during her performance, at the Opry, here.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Emily Shaw. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Tom Tierney.
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âAmericana and roots music has become too complacent. What we need now is to shake ourselves from feeling comfortable and start looking at the world around us.â Weâre back for a mid-season special series recorded live at Newport Folk Festival, and in this episode, Adia sits down with Newportâs Director, Jay Sweet to dig into the Black roots of folk music. The two explore how Newport can serve as a platform for uncomfortable conversations so that it can grow and evolve with the expanding landscape of folk music, and what the festivalâs return means for the artists and audiences it calls family.
/ Show Notes /
Jay Sweet is the Director of the Newport Folk Festival.
Adia references the 1963 performance at Newport by the Freedom Singers, a group formed by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Jay brings up the song âOhio,â originally performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, inspired by the 1968 killings that took place at Kent State University in Ohio.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Emily Shaw. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Tom Tierney.
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In the last episode of this season of Call & Response, Adia sits down with GRAMMY award winning singer and song-writer Brandi Carlile. Carlile has collaborated with Elton John, dueted with Dolly Parton and churned out powerful songs about queer love and motherhood. In this conversation, Adia and Brandi talk through how great personal challenges can become the greatest teachers. And in this weekâs playlist, weâre listening to women whoâre paving the way for the future of country music in Nashville. For the playlist of songs curated for this week's episode, visit http://bit.ly/cr-brandi.
/Music In This Week's Episode/
The Highwomen, âHighwomenâ
Yola, âDiamond Studded Shoes"
Erin Rae, âMississippi Queenâ
Margo Price, âFour Years of Chancesâ
Allison Russell, âNightflyerâ
Kyshona Armstrong, âMy Own Graveâ
Gillian Welch, âThe Devil Had a Hold of Meâ
Those Darlins, âOptimistâ
/Show Notes/
Brandi Carlileâs new book is Broken Horses, which you can buy at Parnassus Books if youâre in Nashville. Brandiâs most recent solo album is By The Way, I Forgive You.
Brandi says âNightflyerâ by Allison Russell and âCarolina in My Mindâ by James Taylor are the songs giving her life right now.
Dolly Parton and Brandi performed âI Will Always Love Youâ at The Newport Folk Festival All Female Super Jam that Brandi curated.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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The blues canât be defined by a set of chord progressions. Itâs a philosophy, it is catharsis, it is taking something painful, and turning it into art. In this episode, Adia sits down with blues scholar and poet Caroline Randall Williams. Together they redefine the blues, and talk about what American culture can learn from its music. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode visit www.mixcloud.com/sonos.
/Music In This Week's Episode/
Sippie Wallace, âWomen Be Wiseâ
Muddy Waters, âMannish Boyâ
Koko Taylor, âI Am a Womanâ
Samantha Ege, âFantasie NĂšgre No. 1 in E Minor
Billie Holiday, âSolitudeâ
Precious Bryant, âFool Me Goodâ
/Show Notes/
Caroline Randall Williams article that made waves in the New York Times last summer is called You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument.
Caroline says her life sounds like the playlist of blues songs her students made for her, particularly âWhere Did You Sleep Last Night?â by Leadbelly.
Adia and Caroline collaborate as part of their poetry collective, the Blair House
Carolineâs book and ballad about Shakespeareâs Dark Lady is called Lucy Negro, Redux.
The song giving Caroline life right now is âNo Weaponâ by Fred Hammon.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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âHow does the South inform my music? How do I describe the sound that your bare feet make when they pat the cool, packed red dust under them?â In her music and her writing, Brittany Howard has tapped something elusive: the feeling of the south. Itâs contradictions, itâs pain, and its beauty. In this episode, Adia sits down with rock legend and longtime lead singer of the Alabama Shakes Brittany Howard to talk about getting down to the feelings below her lyrics, being unapologetic about where you come from, and who you are. Brittany asked Adia to make a playlist for this episode with her mom, Miss Jackie, so thatâs exactly what we did. As always, you can hear the music that accompanies this show on Sonos Radio and Mixcloud, and we hope you will. This oneâs a real treat. Visit www.mixcloud.com/sonos for the playlist curated for this week's episode.
/Music In This Week's Playlist/
Al Jarreau, One Good Turn
Soul For Real, Candy Rain
Basia, Run For Cover
Fiona Apple, Get Gone
Marvin Gaye, Inner City Blues
Nirvana, All Apologies
LaBelle, Lady, Marmalade
Kings of Leon, Four Kicks
/Show Notes/
Brittany Howardâs essay, The South Just Has a Thang, is in the Oxford American winter 2020 issue.
Brittany Howardâs debut solo album is Jamie.
/Credits/
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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Author Kiese Laymon recently got into a twitter dust up about the eternal question, Outkast v. The Beatles. He wrote, âBeatles stole southern Black and added it to British white. Outkast stole Mars and added it to southern urban Black. Outkast wins.â After reading more of what Kiese had to say about the appropriation of Black southern music, Adia knew she needed to bring him on the show. Their conversation unfolds over how Outkast created new space for southern hip hop, what Adia learned from watching the Derek Chauvin trial, and what hip hop itself can learn from the blues. For the playlist of songs curated for this week's episode, head over to http://bit.ly/cr-kiese.
/ Music In This Week's Playlist /
Rich Boy, âThrow Some Dsâ
Goodie Mob, âCell Therapyâ
Trina, âThe Baddest Bitchâ
Lucille Bogan, âShave âEm Dryâ
Nappy Roots, âAwnawâ
Ludacris, Field Mob feat Jamie Foxx, âGeorgiaâ
Arthur Alexander, âAnna (Go To Him)â/ Show Notes /
Kiese Laymon is the author of the genre-bending novel, Long Division and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. Laymonâs bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Link to the tweet that launched this episode.
Watch Outkast win best new artist at the 1995 Source Awards.
Scholar Regina N. Bradleyâs book is Chronicling Stankonia, and you can read Kieseâs essay about OutKast âDa Art of Storytelling (A Prequel) in Oxford American.
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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Remember the show Gullah Gullah Island on Nickelodeon from the 90âs? The colorful worlds, songs and stories inspired by the Gullah Geechee culture were created by Adiaâs family friend and the showâs creator, Natalie Daise. Spirit to spirit, Natalie and Adia connect over what it means to use stories and songs to more fully step into your own truth. They talk about moving from south to north and back again, and the importance of southern Black folks returning to the dirt, to seeds, and the land. For a playlist of songs curated for this week's episode, http://bit.ly/cr-natalie
/ Show Notes /
Natalie Daise was the host and creator of Gullah Gullah Island, a childrenâs show about Gullah Geechee Culture. Natalie and Adia bring up Wintley Phippsâ âIt Is Well With My Soul,â âDetroit Moanâ by Victoria Spivey and âCoconut Oilâ by Lizzo.
/ Music in This Week's Playlist /
Queen Quet and De Gullah Cunnekshun, "Kneebone"
Our Native Daughters, "Blood and Bones"
Jessie Mae Hemphill, "Black Cat Bone"
Bessie Jones, "Sometimes"
Yasmin Williams, "Jarabi"
Precious Bryant, "You Don't Want Me No More"
Ibeyi, "River"
Bessie Jones, "Steal Up, My Young Lady"
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam GuÚbrou, "The Homeless Wanderer"
Nina Simone, "Four Women"/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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Kamasi Washington is a bonafide jazz icon and visionary who embodies the idea of music making as a communal act: collaborating with folks from across the music industry and infusing his free ranging Angeleno jazz into rock, rap and beyond. You've likely seen his name in the liner notes of your favorite artistsâ work from Kendrick Lamar to St. Vincent and Snoop Dogg. In this episode, Adia sits down with Kamasi to talk about his musical upbringing, creating in an unpredictable world, and the transcendent power of Black art. For a playlist of songs curated for this week's episode, visit http://bit.ly/cr-kamasi
/ Show Notes /
Kamasi Washingtonâs most recent album is Heaven and Earth.
Kamasiâs favorite childhood song was âThe Pink Panther Themeâ by Henry Mancini. He cites âA Chant for Buâ by Art Blakely and The Jazz Messengers and âOut To Lunchâby Eric Dolphy, as well as Kendrick Lamarâs To Pimp A Butterfly, as music that has inspired him throughout his musical journey.
/Music in This Week's Playlist/
Nina Simone, âSinnermanâ
Kamasi Washington, âHub-Tonesâ
Joshua Asante, âEverybody Gets Usedâ
Sun Ra, âHoneysuckle Roseâ
Beyonce, âFormationâ
Kendrick Lamar, âKing Kuntaâ
St. Vincent, âPillsâ
Henry Mancini, âThe Pink Panther Themeâ
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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Jamila Woods carries a lineage in her musicâ artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin filter into her song lyrics. She channels their voices in her critically acclaimed album, LEGACY! LEGACY! not speaking for them, but instead, singing through them. On this weekâs Call and Response, Adia sits down with Jamila to talk about how they each draw strength from the artists whoâve come before them, and using these pandemic times to recenter home, rest and stillness in the creative process. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, visit http://bit.ly/cr-jamila
/ Show Notes /
Adia and Jamila discuss Zora Neale Hurstonâs essay, How It Feels To Be Colored Me. They also reference this Muddy Waters interview.
You can find recordings of Zora Neale Hurstonâs singing at the Library of Congress and an interview with Tori Morrison on her writing process, here.
Adia references the song, âWindow Seatâ by Erykah Badu. Jamila and Adia discuss Lucille Cliftonâs poetry and Toni Morrisonâs Sula.
Jamila has been playing Deborah Vandykeâs Chords of The Cosmos, Tashaâs âLullabyâ and serpentwithfeetâs âFellowship,â to lean into rest.
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
70âs Blues, Betty Davis
Goinâ Down Slow, Howlinâ Wolf
VRY BLK, Jamila Woods
Blues at Midnight, Sun Ra
Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson
Itâs Hard Sometimes, Frankie Knuckles
Honeybee, Muddy Waters
Smile, Saba
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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âNostalgia is a killer of truthâ says roots musician Rhiannon Giddens. âMusically, what I try to do is just tell as much truth as I can.â In the first episode of Call & Response, Adia sinks into conversation with Rhiannon, and together, they trace the lineage of the banjo from the Caribbean to the Carolinas and question the whitewashing of American folk and blues music. Plus, hear a playlist made by Adia of artists whoâve used their music to reframe the sound of the south. Head over to http://bit.ly/cr-rhiannon to hear the playlist.
/Show Notes/
Rhiannon Giddensâ new album is Theyâre Calling Me Home.
Rhiannon talks about the akonting, an African ancestor to contemporary American banjos.
Learn more about Frank Johnson, the artist Adia talks about who was whitewashed out of music history.
Adia describes how important Nina Simoneâs Four Women is to her, and the impact of listening to Kaia Katerâs music.
Rhiannon says the theme for Japanese TV show Midnight Diner, âOmoideâ is the song thatâs giving her life right now.
/Music In This Week's Playlist/
Rhiannon Giddens, I Shall Not be Moved
Kaia Kater, Southern Girl
Roseanne Cash, The Killing Fields
Jesse Clarence Gorman, Going up to the Country #1
Valerie June ft. Carla Thomas, Call Me A Fool
Amethyst Kiah, Black Myself
Linda Martell, Youâre Crying Boy, Crying
The Moving Starhall Singers, You Got To Move
/ Credits /
Call & Response is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Adia Victoria, Babette Thomas and Megan Lubin. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.
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