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put your hands on your hips!.mp3
Interview with Kyshona, conducted by Burgin Mathews for the Southern Music Research Center, September 3, 2024.Kyshona discusses her family's gospel roots, her work as a musical therapist, and the creation of her new album, Legacy, a powerful…

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George Johnson Interview Transcript.pdf
Interview with George Johnson, November 20, 2023, conducted by Burgin Mathews at Johnson's home. The grandson of Ras and Ella Johnson of the Johnson Family Stringband, George Johnson reflects on his family's musical legacy. Full transcript and audio…

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Interview with Darwin Lee Hill, recorded August 7, 2002 by Burgin Mathews at the home of Darwin Lee Hill, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Full transcript provided. Audio will be made available soon.

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Dot and the Silver Voices, Interview Notes & Log (SMRC).pdf
Interview with Dorothy "Dot" Henderson and the members of her group, Dot and the Silver Voices.Recorded for the Alabama Folklife Association by Burgin Mathews, January 17, 2016, at Henderson's home in Woodlawn, Alabama. Other members of the group are…

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In 1950, Frank Adams had recently graduated from Howard University and was working as a supplier (subbing for a regular player) in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. When Ellington took his band to Europe that year, Adams returned to Birmingham and began…

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Frank Adams elaborates on his early experiences with Sun Ra. Adams joined Sonny Blount’s band as a teenager in the 1940s, before Blount left Birmingham for Chicago and became famous as Sun Ra. When this interview was recorded in 2012, Adams was the…

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In this interview excerpt, Frank Adams describes a conflict with high school bandleader (and legendary disciplinarian) John T. “Fess” Whatley – and an unexpected invitation from Sun Ra, the otherworldly bandleader then known as Sonny…

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Interview with Eloise Gaffney & Louisa Bevelle, Civil Rights Movement foot-soldiers and members of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights Choir / Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir. Recorded by Burgin Mathews, August 7, 2013, in…

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Georgia Warren SMRC edit (with noise reduction).mp3
In this interview excerpt, Georgia Warren of Bluff City, Tennessee, recalls her experience as a participant in the historic 1927 Bristol Sessions.The Bristol Sessions have often been called “The Big Bang of Country Music”; Johnny Cash called the…

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