Bay Area Musicians Taking on Grief Through Music

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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There have always been plenty of sad songs to help us wallow in the loss of romantic love, but during the pandemic, and through these last several difficult years, more musicians have been processing other kinds of grief through their music. We’ll talk with Bay Area musicians grappling with the death of parents, siblings and children through their music. Others have taken on the deep sadness of the pandemic, gun violence and living with systemic racism. We’ll talk about the music of grief and we’ll hear from listeners: what song helps you mourn? Guests: Nastia Voynovskaya, associate editor, KQED Arts Rexx Life Raj , rapper, musician, most recent album is "The Blue Hour" Karega Bailey, musician, Sol Development Felicia Gangloff-Bailey, musician, SOL Development Samora Pinderhughes, musician, most recent album is "Grief" Brijean Murphy, musician, her band, Brijean's new EP, "Angelo," released in August Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.5	From KQED. From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:23.6	A few weeks ago, KQED arts reporter Nostia Voinovskia came to us with something
1:29.2	she'd noticed in Bay Area music. Many different musicians from different genres were tackling
1:34.6	grief. Not just the heartbreak kind that's been a mainstay of music for decades, but complex
1:39.6	racialized trauma, gun violence, losing parents, losing children, reckoning with the loss of communities
1:45.7	to displacement. And several artists have blended their music into efforts out in the region to help
1:51.2	people deal with their own losses and traumas. So this morning, Nastia and I will be joined by
1:56.5	Rex Life Raj, Soul Development, Samora Pinderhues, and Brazine.
2:03.0	They're all coming up next after this news.
2:15.8	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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