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Silk Sonic is a new showcase for two familiar faces. Bruno Mars and Anderson Pack.

Together they make music that recalls the classic technical or funk of the early 1970s.

Mars and Pack recently released their first full-length album together. It's called,

an evening with Silk Sonic. I'm Aisha Harris.

And I'm Stephen Thompson. Today we are talking about Silk Sonic on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

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Joining Aisha and me is NPR Music Editorial Assistant Latisha Harris. Hey Latisha.

Morning Stephen. Hi Aisha.

Hey.

In February of this year, Bruno Mars announced the existence of Silk Sonic but the band has percolated in secret for years.

It formed when Pack opened for a Bruno Mars tour back in 2017. Music started trickling out this past March

when Silk Sonic released the single, leave the door open and performed it at this year's Grammy Awards.

I'm a leave the door open. I'm a leave the door open. I'm a leave the door open girl. I'm a leave the door open.

I'm a leave the door open. I'm a leave the door open. I'm a leave the door open.

The Grammys were actually an appropriate launch point for Silk Sonic given that Bruno Mars and Anderson Pack have 15 trophies between them.

And the sound of an evening with Silk Sonic seems ideally suited to add to their total.

It takes classic funk and soul sounds and updates them for the present day.

The album is even introduced by the funk legend Bootsie Collins who gave the band its name.

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