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• Episode 6: The Future of Black Women in Music

  Episode 6: The Future of Black Women in Music

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• Episode 5: To Advocate Like Bernice

  Episode 5: To Advocate Like Bernice

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• Episode 4: To Rise Like Donna

  Episode NotesThe work of Donna Summer sits at the heart of Disco’s brief and influential time at the center of American pop culture. In this episode, we look beyond the title “Queen of Disco,” to understand Donna’s ride to the top of the charts and the work that made her an icon. Find more information at s.si.edu/collected. GuestsDaphne Brooks, Ph.D., is professor of African American Studies and Music at Yale University. Dr. Brooks most recent books is Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University, February 2021). https://afamstudies.yale.edu/people/daphne-brooks  Fredara Hadley, Ph.D., is an ethnomusicology professor in the Music History Department at The Juilliard School.  Her research focuses on the influence of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in music history. Dr. Hadley’s work has been published in academic and popular journals. https://www.juilliard.edu/faculty/hadley-fredara  Crystal M.  Moten, Ph.D., is a historian who specializes in twentieth century African American Women’s History. In 2023 she published Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee. Dr. Moten is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago, Illinois and was previously curator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History  https://www.crystalmoten.com/  Dwandalyn R. Reece, Ph.D., is curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dr. Reece curated the museum’s permanent exhibition, Musical Crossroads, for which she received the Secretary’s Research Prize in 2017.   https://music.si.edu/dr-dwandalyn-reece    Fath Davis Ruffins was a curator of African American History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). She began working at the museum in 1981, and between 1988 and 2005, she was the head of the Collection of Advertising History at the NMAH Archives Center. Ruffins was the original project director of Many Voices, One Nation, an exhibition that opened at NMAH in June 2017. She was leading a museum project on the history and culture of the Low Country region of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.   https://profiles.si.edu/display/nruffinsf1102006  Craig Seymour, Ph.D. is a photographer and author, whose work has been published in The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Vibe, Paste, Spin, and other publications. Dr. Seymour’s most recent book is a biography of Luther Vandross, Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross (2004). The Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University hold the materials Seymour collected when he was researching his book on Vandross.  https://randbeing.com/ 

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• Episode 3: To Dance Like Tina

  Episode NotesTina Turner always commanded the audience’s attention—with her dancing, energy, and rich singing voice.  In this episode, we explore Tina Turner’s career and learn how she became known as “The Queen of Rock.” Her genius as a performer who couldn’t be placed in a genre is clear, and her courage and impact extended far beyond the stage. Find more information at s.si.edu/collected. GuestsDaphne Brooks, Ph.D., is professor of African American Studies and Music at Yale University. Dr. Brooks most recent books is Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound (Harvard University, February 2021). https://afamstudies.yale.edu/people/daphne-brooksMargo Jefferson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and a 2022 recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction. Her most recent book is Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir (2022). She is a professor of Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University. https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/margo-jeffersonPortia K. Maultsby, Ph.D., is professor emerita of ethnomusicology at Indiana University. She is the author of numerous books and articles and was the founder and first director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture. Dr. Maultsby led Carnegie Hall’s comprehensive, online resource, the Timeline of African American Music.  https://folklore.indiana.edu/about/emeriti-faculty/maultsby-portia.htmlCrystal M. Moten, Ph.D. is a historian who specializes in twentieth century African American Women’s History. In 2023 she published Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee. Dr. Moten is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago, Illinois and was previously curator at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History https://www.crystalmoten.comDwandalyn R. Reece, Ph.D., is curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Dr. Reece curated the museum’s permanent exhibition, Musical Crossroads, for which she received the Secretary’s Research Prize in 2017.   https://music.si.edu/dr-dwandalyn-reece    Fath Davis Ruffins was a curator of African American History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). She began working at the museum in 1981, and between 1988 and 2005, she was the head of the Collection of Advertising History at the NMAH Archives Center. Ruffins was the original project director of Many Voices, One Nation, an exhibition that opened at NMAH in June 2017. She was leading a museum project on the history and culture of the Low Country region of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.   https://profiles.si.edu/display/nruffinsf1102006  

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• Episode 2: To Scat Like Ella

  Episode Notes Ella Fitzgerald “The First Lady of Song” is one of the foremothers of Jazz, known for her crystal-clear voice and the innovation of scat singing. In this episode, we focus on Ella, her contributions to jazz, and the overall American songbook. Find more information at s.si.edu/collected. Guests  Margo Jefferson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and a 2022 recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction. Her most recent book is Constructing a Nervous System: a memoir (2022). She is a professor of Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University. https://arts.columbia.edu/profiles/margo-jefferson  Fath Davis Ruffins was a curator of African American History at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH). She began working at the museum in 1981, and between 1988 and 2005, she was the head of the Collection of Advertising History at the NMAH Archives Center. Ruffins was the original project director of Many Voices, One Nation, an exhibition that opened at NMAH in June 2017. She was leading a museum project on the history and culture of the Low Country region of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida.   https://profiles.si.edu/display/nruffinsf1102006  Judith Tick, PhD is the Matthews Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Music History at Northeastern University in Boston. Tick is a leading scholar of the study of gender and women’s history in music. Her most recent book is the 2023 biography Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: the Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song. 

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