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| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 854 | Founded | 15 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Music | |||

Minstrelsy is often called the first American popular entertainment form. Minstrel shows presented musical, dance, and entertainment styles that continue to resonate in US culture and they also reflected the complex, contradictory, deeply prejudiced ... more
A spectacular graphic novel about the life and times of the legendary Fela Kuti—the Pan-African frontman, multi-instrumentalist, sociopolitical powerhouse, and father of Afrobeat.
In Fela: Music Is the Weapon (Amistad, 2025), artist Jibola Fagbamiye... more
We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone (U Georgia Press, 2023) by Dr. Marc Sommers is at once a history of a nation, the story of a war, and the saga of downtrodden young people and three pop culture superstars. Reggae id... more
At the center of 1970s New York's most iconic clubs—from the celebrity-studded Studio 54 to the premiere lesbian discotheque Sahara—stood a queer Black woman on the turntables: Sharon White. With a sound she describes as "edgy, deep, aggressive, tech... more
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Featuring engaging discussions with prominent scholars and writers, the content primarily revolves around their latest music-related publications. The episodes explore diverse themes encompassing not just the evolution and history of music genres, but also the intersection of music with culture, identity, and societal issues. Noteworthy topics include the role of music in political movements, the complexities of genre classifications, and the influence of historical events on musical expression. The podcast is a resource for those interested in deepening their understanding of music's academic landscape while appreciating its cultural significance.
Unique to this series is its focus on new scholarship, which garners insights from authors w... more
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