A taste - "We Are a Country Founded on Genocide & Built on Slavery." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 305 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure."
Episode 305 features a delightful conversation with Composer, Singer, and Activist - Nellie McKay.
Nellie and I discuss Bob Dorough, Walt Whitman, Kindred Spirits, Being Over-educated, Being Taught to Stop Thinking for Ourselves, Jazz, David Byrne on His Bike, What It Means to Make It, Genocide, Slavery, Her New Album Sister Orchid, Her Invitation to Perform at the Kennedy Center, Interpreting Songs from the Great American Songbook, Our Messiah Complex, the Effectiveness of Our Political System, Localizing, Climate Change & Animal Agriculture...
Episode 305 also includes an EW Essay titled "Luz."
We share an excerpt from American poet Walt Whitman's brilliant piece "Song of Myself."
We have a poem called "Hills of Chinchilla."
Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Allen Toussaint, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, Nellie McKay, Thelonious Monk, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.
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