5 days ago
The Sound of Profit
Follow Jacob, Miles, and Victor through a story about musical exploitation, globalization, and hope, starting with the creation of Jazz and concluding with the future of Afrobeats.
Names: Jacob Matlof, Miles C. Selles, and Victor Chen
Interviewees:
- Bolaji Oyedepo
Bolaji Oyedepo is an Nigerian American musician from Houston, Texas, paving his own way in the modern music industry with the fusion of Afrobeats with hip hop and R&B. He’s known for his primarily afrobeats song “OWO!”.
- Viranshi Vira
Viranshi Vira is a student at Case Western University. Raised in Los Angeles, Vira found her love for K-pop during the pandemic and has been fascinated by the industry ever since. However, she’s also aware of the forces that shape the K-pop industry.
- Dr. Pheaross Graham - music.stanford.edu/people/pheaross-graham
Dr. Pheaross Graham is a Mellon Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center and Lecturer in the Department of Music at Stanford University. He is a musicologist and concert pianist with expertise in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western art and African American music.
Research: No research was explicitly cited in the episode. However, the following resources were consulted during the development of the podcast:
- The Origins of Jazz - Jazz Observer
- Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’: Big Mama Thornton’s Influence – Rolling Stone
- Little Richard: I Am Everything Documentary Review – Rolling Stone
- Studs Terkel Radio Archive - Jazz Topics
- Forum Discussion on Record Label Hopping in the 50s and 60s
- Big Mama Thornton – Wikipedia
- Hound Dog (Song) – Wikipedia
- WhoSampled - Elvis Presley's ‘Hound Dog’ Covers
- Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller – Wikipedia
- Fela Kuti – Wikipedia
- Fela Kuti Official Website
- Is K-pop Afrobeats Here to Stay? – JoySauce
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