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Submit ReviewNina has a philosophically lyrical conversation with Dr Cornel West, author, philosopher, activist and whom she refers to as an “intergalactically known intellectual.”
Under the guise of comparing the blues to our painful current times, this Blues Brother and Blues Sister get low down and dirty about love – that type of bounce-back love that is needed to heal our current catastrophe, that type of love that the Blues songs encapsulate so well and that type of blues that Black folks have been singing since 1870. This episode will have you pressing rewind – just like any good song – so you can catch that “Doc West” melody, that phrasing, that messaging that will feed your soul in this time that is full of heartache but capable of compassion, creativity, smiles and styles. Get on this train, put your headphones on … and listen.
NOTES:
Blues created by black community 1870s
https://www.britannica.com/art/blues-music
Race Matters by Dr Cornel West https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/643717/race-matters-25th-anniversary-by-cornel-west/
“Justice not Revenge”- Kimberly Jones Quote and Speech https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/kimberly-latrice-jones-blm-video-speech-transcript
Dr. Jill Stein
https://www.jill2016.com/about
Kanye West- running for president https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/entertainment/kanye-west-running-for-president-trnd/index.html
Debra Messing incident https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/debra-messing-used-stacey-abrams-to-attack-nina-turner-%E2%80%94-and-it-backfired/ar-BB16vjF3
Quotes:
“You cannot lead people if you do not love people”- Dr. Cornell West
WC Handy - St. Louis Blues
Ma Rainy-Black Eye Blues
Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues
Muddy Waters - Hootchie Coochie Man
Jimi Hendrix— Freedom
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Stevie Wonder – Love’s in Need of Love Today
BB King - The Thrill is Gone
Marvin Gaye - National Anthem
The Ohio Players - I Want to Be Free and Ohio
Gerald Levert— Baby Hold On to Me
Sly & The Family Stone
Teddy Pendergrass – Joy written by Calloway Brothers of Midnight Star
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