Introducing: The Soul of Music

Overheard at National Geographic

National Geographic

Science, Society & Culture

4.5 • 10.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

National Geographic turns 135 in 2023. In February 2023, to celebrate exploration and commemorate Black History Month, National Geographic’s flagship podcast, Overheard, will feature musicians and National Geographic Explorers in conversation on music and exploration. This is just one of many celebrations planned for this milestone anniversary. Hosted by Overheard producer Khari Douglas, these four episodes (every Tuesday in February) will feature world-famous musicians Rhiannon Giddens, Sampa the Great, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott), and Meklit Hadero (also a Nat Geo explorer) in conversation with Nat Geo Explorers Alyea Pierce, Danielle Lee, Justin Dunnavant, and Jahawi Bertolli. The Explorers and artists will discuss how nature, history, and culture influence their work, what music inspires their adventures, and how they address some of the world’s most pressing and complicated issues through art and exploration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm Kyrie Douglas, producer for the Overhurt in National Geographic Podcast.
0:05.8	This February, you've invited four dope musical artists to sit down with Najiw Explorers
0:10.8	for a series of conversations where they'll get in depth about their music and explain
0:15.0	how history and the natural world inspires their art and adventures.
0:18.7	It's called The Soul of Music.
0:20.7	We've got two-time Grammy winner, Rianne Giddens.
0:23.7	For a very long time, there was this assumption that the banjo was about the whitest instrument
0:27.4	that you could possibly imagine.
0:29.4	Rapper, Somp of the Great.
0:31.4	Just jamming out in the whoops, we just created something amazing.
0:36.3	Trumpeter Chief Zion of Tuneh, Audra.
0:38.8	You can't tell a young black kid in New Orleans that they couldn't be those things because
0:43.1	the airport is named Louis Armstrong.
0:45.4	An ethno jazz singer, songwriter, McLeod Hedero.
0:48.1	I see myself as making migration music.
0:50.4	Tune in for The Soul of Music, an over-heard in National Geographic, beginning February 7th,
0:55.8	wherever you get your podcast.

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