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Just Heard: Woman Of The Ghetto

Just Heard: Woman Of The Ghetto

Picture this: 1997, Warwick University, me and my friends are at the student union bopping half-heartedly to a generic pop song that everyone likes, but we think we're too cool to really dance to...

Posted on 16 August 202216 August 2022 by queenpea77Posted in Articles, Just HeardTagged music, race, society, women. Leave a comment

Just Heard: I’ll Take You There

Just Heard: I’ll Take You There

I think any conversation about soul music in the civil rights era, has to include some mention of gospel music and the role the Black Church as a driving force of the movement...

Posted on 8 August 20229 August 2022 by queenpea77Posted in Articles, Just HeardTagged civil rights, music, race, society. Leave a comment

Just Heard: Mississippi Goddam

Just Heard: Mississippi Goddam

My first introduction to Nina Simone was in 1987, when her 1959 recording of 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' was used in a Chanel ad campaign...

Posted on 2 August 20229 August 2022 by queenpea77Posted in Articles, Just HeardTagged civil rights, culture, identity, music, race, society, women. Leave a comment

Just Heard: Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud)

Just Heard: Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud)

I can't remember how old I was when I first heard 'Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)', but I was fairly young, maybe about ten, if not younger...

Posted on 27 July 20229 August 2022 by queenpea77Posted in Articles, Just HeardTagged culture, lyrics, music, race, society. Leave a comment

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#Justheard - A powerful soul-jazz piece of Black history later transformed into a 90s dance anthem.
A little literary interlude! I just finished reading Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by @lizziedamiblackburn. A funny, heartwarming tale which packs a punch with its message of self love and acceptance. Perfect summer read 🌅 📖
The Street was the first novel by Biyi Bandele that I read, and it blew my mind by how beautiful, sad, funny and weird it was. I fell immediately in love with his writing and the characters he developed, even the sketchy ones. I'd never read anything like it, didn't know you could write like that, and I really wanted to write like that.
#Justheard 'I'll Take You There' by The Staple Singers. A happy, feel-good, inspirational hit song, which may or may not have sexual connotations depending on how you like to interpret your music, but actually has a very tragic origin story.
"Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam". Though her civil rights legacy went largely unspoken of in the latter part of her career, Nina Simone was hailed the 'voice of the Black Power movement'. Mississippi Goddam was her first and one of her most famous protest songs.
The first post of the Just Heard series. This one looks at James Brown's infamous 1968 hit Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud).
It's been a fair while since I've posted but I'm back with a new mini project called Just Heard which explores the lyrics of soul and rnb music of the 60s and 70s, looking at them from a socio-political and cultural context. Featured songs include Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud by James Brown, Is It Because I'm Black by Syl Johnson and Woman Of The Ghetto by Marlena Shaw
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Wow, what a novel! Powerfully written, Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson is about a super talented aspiring singer, Enchanted, who at the age of 17 meets her hero and crush, singer Korey Fields. He takes an interest in her to develop her career and it's not long before things take a very dark turn....

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