Have you ever been to a second mark?

Oh yes indeed.

From MPR Music, this is all songs considered.

I'm Julie Hyde, MPR Music Contributor and Editorial Director of WNXP.

When Don ReShard dropped her album's second line in a lecture revival at the end of April,

we couldn't dance to it in a club, so we celebrated the occasion with a live listening party

and MPR Music's YouTube channel, Glowstix Optional.

We started at the top and let the booming, briskly, syncopated beats,

bold, otherworldly vocal manipulations, and high-concept narrative transport us through all 16 tracks.

Then we unpacked it and we're sharing that conversation here.

When I say we, I mean ReShard herself, her mom Debbie ReShard,

a former dance instructor who's speaking voice appears across the album,

and me, the host.

We talked about how Don's approach to electronic dance music

is as rooted in the culture of New Orleans as it is futuristic,

and how her desire to understand who her mom is,

how she's insisted on being herself, gone after what she wants,

and lived her commitment to her community,

made her realize how much her mom has influenced her and this new album.

The two of them had never done any sort of interview together before this,

and they really let us in.

Since we're dropping this podcast into your feed on Mother's Day,

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