))
EP06 The Relevance of the Blues
Manage episode 424128148 series 3570253
Content provided by Mboya Nicholson. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Mboya Nicholson or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
This episode is a love letter to the blues, with nods towards possible forebears, like the African trickster spirit, Elegba, who morphed into various protagonists of countless folktales of the African diaspora, using cunning to survive. It's easy to see how the blues, played to beat the blues, could be thought of as Elegba's greatest magic trick to evade the indigo-tinted dastardly elves known as the Blues! And maybe, blues musicians are, in fact, the spirit of Elegba, in carnate!
What did you think of the program?
Despite what some have said, this music is far from dead.
9 episodes
Share
