NTS breakfast show presenter, DJ and writer Zakia Sewell gets together with Jude to chat about her choice of book for this week's episode - The Folk by Ross Cole.
Zakia has a lifelong interest in and love of folk in all its myriad forms and definitions - some of which they grapple with here!
Jude and Zakia also delve into childhood mix tapes, Albion, the quest for meaning in dark times and the complex politics of collecting folk songs.
Books mentioned:
The Folk: Music, Modernity and the Political Imagination by Ross Cole https://bit.ly/3AANFJZ
Blues People by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka) https://uk.bookshop.org/books/blues-people/9781838858148
You can buy Jude's book The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives here: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-sound-of-being-human-how-music-shapes-our-lives/9781474622929
Finally White Rabbit's Spotify Playlist of 'booksongs' - songs inspired by books loved by our guests - is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7chuHOeTs9jpyKpmgXV6uo
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09/01/22 • 39 min
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