{"id":9957,"date":"2022-06-12T15:21:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=9957"},"modified":"2022-06-22T23:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T21:46:19","slug":"episode-149-music-black-and-queer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/episode-149-music-black-and-queer\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 149. Music Black and Queer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 149.  Music Black and Queer (Pride 2022)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=607-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links 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srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mercer-and-Short-1.jpg 555w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mercer-and-Short-1-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption>Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of history, for Persons of Color who also happen to be queer, the interface between these two populations is sometimes an enormously challenging one, but one which also frequently produces path-breaking musical artists of enormous courage and originality. In celebration of Juneteenth this coming weekend, and as a follow-up to my Queer Blues episode published last year, I once again pay tribute to an extraordinary array of Black and Queer musical artists across a wide spectrum of popular musical styles, be it Blues, jazz. middle-of-the-road pop, musicals, rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, disco, and folk. Artists represented include Billy Strayhorn, Billie Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Tracy Chapman, Mabel Mercer, Joan Armatrading, Nona Hendryx, Sylvester, Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Jackie Shane, Carmen McRae, Billy Preston, Esquerita, and Carolyn Franklin, Michael R. Jackson, the 2022 Tony Award winner for <em>A Strange Loop<\/em>, is introduced by my dear friend the theater scholar David Savran, who describes what makes this piece and its creator so daring and original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bessie-in-Hat.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bessie-in-Hat.jpg 612w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bessie-in-Hat-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bessie Smith: Foolish Man Blues [1927]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Gladys-White-Tux.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Gladys-White-Tux.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Gladys-White-Tux-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bob Fuller: Red Beans and Rice. Gladys Bentley [1929]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Frankie-Jaxon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Frankie-Jaxon.png 389w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Frankie-Jaxon-190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frankie Jaxon: Chocolate to the Bone. Frankie &#8220;Half-Pint&#8221; Jaxon, Charlie Johnson [1930]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billie-Smoky-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billie-Smoky-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billie-Smoky-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billie-Smoky-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billie-Smoky.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills: Solitude. Billie Holiday, Charlie Shavers, Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Alvin Stoller, Ray Brown [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carmen-Sassy-Dykey-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10099\" width=\"716\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carmen-Sassy-Dykey-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carmen-Sassy-Dykey-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carmen-Sassy-Dykey-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carmen-Sassy-Dykey.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For. Carmen McRae, Billy Strayhorn, Wendell Marshall [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Strayhorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Strayhorn.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Strayhorn-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Strayhorn-768x447.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life [live 1964]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Josephine-in-the-mirror-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Josephine-in-the-mirror-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Josephine-in-the-mirror-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Josephine-in-the-mirror-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Josephine-in-the-mirror.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Irving Berlin: They Say It&#8217;s Wonderful (<em>Annie Get Your Gun<\/em>). Jos\u00e9phine Baker, Jo Bouillon and His Orchestra [1948]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mercer-Van-Vechten.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mercer-Van-Vechten.jpg 486w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mercer-Van-Vechten-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joseph Kosma, Jacques Pr\u00e9vert: Les feuilles mortes. Mabel Mercer, Sam Hamilton [1952]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bobby-Short-Hands-Up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bobby-Short-Hands-Up.jpg 474w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bobby-Short-Hands-Up-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cole Porter: Dream Dancing. Bobby Short [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mathis-Bateau-de-Reve-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mathis-Bateau-de-Reve-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mathis-Bateau-de-Reve-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mathis-Bateau-de-Reve-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mathis-Bateau-de-Reve.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Agust\u00edn Lara: Granada. 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Esquerita [1958]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane-630x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane-630x1024.jpg 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane-768x1249.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane-944x1536.jpg 944w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jackie-Shane.jpg 1259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bobby Scott, Arthur Resnick: In My Tenement. Jackie Shane [1963]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carolyn-Franklin-1024x780.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carolyn-Franklin-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carolyn-Franklin-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carolyn-Franklin-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Carolyn-Franklin.jpg 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe: Ain&#8217;t That Groovy. Carolyn Franklin [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billy-Preston-1972.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billy-Preston-1972.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billy-Preston-1972-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Billy-Preston-1972-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Billy Preston, Bruce Carleton Fisher: Will It Go Round In Circles. 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Nona Hendryx [1977]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sylvester.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sylvester.jpg 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sylvester-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Sylvester-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>James Wirrick, Sylvester James: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real). Sylvester [1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Joan-Armatrading.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Joan-Armatrading.jpg 583w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Joan-Armatrading-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Joan Armatrading: Friends. [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tracy-Chapman-and-Photo-Bomber.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tracy-Chapman-and-Photo-Bomber.png 792w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tracy-Chapman-and-Photo-Bomber-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tracy-Chapman-and-Photo-Bomber-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tracy Chapman: The Rape of the World [1995]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"686\" data-id=\"10115\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Michael-R-Jackson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Michael-R-Jackson.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Michael-R-Jackson-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Michael R. Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"938\" data-id=\"10114\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Larry-Owens-fab-glasses.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Larry-Owens-fab-glasses.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Larry-Owens-fab-glasses-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Larry Owens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael R. Jackson: Memory Song (<em>A Strange Loop<\/em>). Larry Owens, Ensemble conducted by Rona Siddiqui [2019]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 149. 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