Call & Response draws upon the blues tradition of communal music making and listening. Hosted by Nashville-based musician and poet Adia Victoria, each episode is a back and forth between Adia and her guests, between their present work, and the lineage of musical ancestors that came before them, and between Adia and you.
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Call & Response draws upon the blues tradition of communal music making and listening. Hosted by Nashville-based musician and poet Adia Victoria, each episode is a back and forth between Adia and her guests, between their present work, and the lineage of musical ancestors that came before them, and between Adia and you.
Tressie McMillan Cottom: Can’t Have The Beat (Without The Burden)
Call & Response
22 minutes 17 seconds
4 years ago
Tressie McMillan Cottom: Can’t Have The Beat (Without The Burden)
Tressie McMillan Cottom says the blues go beyond the beat and key. It’s 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 week’s episode visit: https://bit.ly/cr-tressie
/ Music In This Week's Episode /
The Shirelles, “Mama Said”
Junior, “Mama Used To Say”
2Pac, “Dear Mama”
Gladys Knight and the Pips, “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination”
Dolly Parton, “Coat of Many Colors”
Odetta, “Mother’s Blues (Little Children Blues)”
Nina Simone, “Blues for Mama”
Call & Response
Call & Response draws upon the blues tradition of communal music making and listening. Hosted by Nashville-based musician and poet Adia Victoria, each episode is a back and forth between Adia and her guests, between their present work, and the lineage of musical ancestors that came before them, and between Adia and you.
