TRILLOQUY

All American music is Black music - even if people don't think so. Garrett and Scott explore this idea as it applies to the music of Shea Diamond, Megan Thee Stallion, Kane Brown, and many others. Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony, talks about Black enlightenment, his recent furlough, and the events that prevented his previous appearance on TRILLOQUY. Scott challenges an opinion by Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Garrett lays out his frustrations with Grammophone and NPR Classical. Episode playlist: Shea Diamond, "American Pie", Modest Mussorgsky, "Night on Bald Mountain", Matthew Tyler, "Etude for Elijah McClain", Megan Thee Stallion, "Girls in the Hood", Eric Whitacre/Joby Burgess, "Sleep", Starbuck, "Moonlight Feels Right", Kane Brown, "Heaven"

Show Notes

https://composersforum.org/education/nextnotes/
https://apnews.com/99f8b8a3eb3e84684445d2f65b108ed6
https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2020/06/26/883011513/someone-finally-remembered-william-dawsons-negro-folk-symphony
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Creators and Guests

Host
Loki Karuna
"I spent years pursuing excellence: what classical music is all about. Now it's dedicated to freedom; that's far more important." -Nina Simone #NamMyohoRengeKyo
Host
Scott Blankenship

What is TRILLOQUY?

CLASSICAL MUSIC has been misappropriated as a musical genre and a culture rooted in the aesthetics of Western Europe.
TRILLOQUY is the weekly podcast built to DECOLONIZE the traditional definitions and conversations surrounding CLASSICAL MUSIC.