Ode to the Duet (feat. Sharon Van Etten)

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After a long year apart, there’s something particularly comforting about listening to a duet. In this week’s episode, we talk to Sharon Van Etten, who recently released ‘Like I Used To’ a duet with Angel Olsen. Hanif and Sharon dig into the interpersonal stories behind some of their favorite duet collaborators, unpack what makes for a great pairing of voices, and make a playlist of their top duet songs. To listen to the playlist of songs curated for this week's episode visit www.mixcloud.com/sonos.

/Music In This Week's Episode/
Like I Used To - Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen
The Boy Is Mine, Brandy and Monica
Streets of Paradise, Richard and Linda Thompson
Waves, Miguel (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Oh, What A Good Thing We Had, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Perfect Combination, Johnny Gill and Stacey Lattisaw
Da Rockwilder, Method Man and Redman

/Show Notes/

“All I Need” by Mary J. Blige and Method Man and “Dilemma” by Nelly and Kelly Rowland are two of the iconic duets that Hanif remembers from the 90’s.

Hanif cites Fleetwood Mac and Dolly Parton as artists with varying duet styles.

Some of Sharon’s favorite duets include, “Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore,” by Marlon Williams and Aldous Harding, “Streets of Paradise” by Richard and Linda Thompson and “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie.

Hanif gives his praises to Tony Bennett’s albums Duets I, and Duets II.

/Credits/

This show is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Babette Thomas, Mayari Sherina Ong and by Hanif Abdurraqib. The show is mixed by Sam Bair.