as a starting point, noting how the duo’s music and activism has been intertwined from their start in Atlanta in the late Eighties.
“Very early on it was just a way to connect the joy of playing music with what was going on in our communities,” offered Saliers of their social justice work. Yet the songwriter also noted the challenges of being pigeonholed as “activist lesbian women with guitars,” while Ray recognized that among their peers “male activists and singers could get away with a different kind of anger.
. “One Week,” though undeniably catchy, was a novelty, said Langer. A cognitive neuroscientist and Berklee Music professor, Rogers said the book is about listening. The brain identifies with music it loves, she explained, and rejects music it hates before any conscious decision is made. The reaction can be changed, but not without effort. In the case of “One Week,” Rogers said she nixed drums, reflecting the vaudeville roots of Canadian music, and suggested an Americanized drum pattern based in the Golden Triangle – a musically historic area between Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans. The band wanted to cross the border from Canada to the U.S.
“Every record you hear is shaped through every other record you hear,” she said. Asked of her own current favorite artists, the professor opted for Son Little and Curtis Harding. –has been Austin’s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community’s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press.
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