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Vibe Check

American Music Was Birthed in the Black Church

Vibe Check

SiriusXM

Society & Culture

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Vibe Check LIVE, Saeed and Zach head to Boston for a special live taping with special guest, classical composer Carlos Simon. They talk about Carlos writing music for America’s 250th anniversary, how faith and spirituality shape his work, his newest piece, Good News Mass, and more. Plus, they close out the conversation with an audience Q&A.

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0:00.0

Girl, girl.

0:06.4

A man.

0:07.9

I'm just going to say it.

0:09.2

A man.

0:09.9

I have a crush on Carlos Simon.

0:12.1

We all have a crush on Carlos Simon.

0:15.0

Yeah.

0:15.8

I'm dizzy.

0:17.1

Thank you, Carlos.

0:18.1

I'm dizzy, and I'm Saeed Jones.

0:20.5

And I'm dizzier, Zach Stafford.

0:22.6

And you're listening to Vibe Check.

0:33.6

Listeners, today we are airing our live conversation from just a few weeks ago in Boston, where we were in conversation with classical music composer and Grammy nominated composer Carlos Simon.

0:46.0

Who.

0:47.5

What a time.

0:50.2

Should we tell the truth that shame the devil with this conversation about how it's

0:55.2

I think we're sure. I think it's important for us to be. I'm embarrassed to like he doesn't know

0:59.5

we're saying this about him. I know. But like, he's so handsome and so nice. Yeah, he's all

1:08.0

these things and it was a surprise because we were asked to do this event by a dear new friend who had programmed us in Minneapolis a year ago at a festival that was really wonderful for us.

1:19.3

So she called and said, would you guys come to Boston, do an event with the Boston Symphony Orchestra?

1:23.8

There's this guy, Carlos Simon.

1:25.2

I was aware of his work because he does a lot in L.A. at the the Walt Disney concert hall. And it was all very vague. It was like vibe check and BSO talking about gospel music. And we're like, sure, sure, sure, sure. Like I was flying out of town the next morning. So I was kind of like, okay, we're gonna do the, you know, like I was very like, you know, it's work. We were like, whatever, laissez.

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