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Working: A Moving Comeback Album From a Country-Folk Great

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Tv & Film, Arts, Music

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to musician Peter One, whose recent album Come Back to Me is his first in more than three decades. In 1985, he and musician Jess Sah Bi released the album Our Garden Needs Its Flowers, which was a big hit in Peter’s home country of the Ivory Coast and bolstered his reputation around the world. In the interview, Peter discusses his songwriting process for Come Back to Me and explains what it’s been like to re-connect with his fanbase and to find new admirers of his work.  After the interview, Isaac and co-host Nate Chinen discuss the role of intuition in creative work.  In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Peter talks more about the events that led to his career revival.  Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.   Podcast production by Cameron Drews.  If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:36.0

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0:39.0

When I'm working in a song, I try to put myself in the shoes of somebody who's listening to that song.

0:58.0

It's like making a painting.

1:01.0

You draw what you have, what you see.

1:04.0

But in here, you don't see it, you hear it and you feel it.

1:10.0

Welcome back to Working. I'm your host, Nate Shenen.

1:13.0

And I'm your other host, Isaac Butler.

1:16.0

Isaac, whose dulcet tones did we hear at the top of the show?

1:20.0

We heard the mellow and beautiful voice of Peter One.

1:25.0

He's an extraordinary singer-songwriter from the Ivory Coast who now lives and works in Nashville.

1:30.0

And why did you want to speak with Peter One?

1:33.0

Well, you know, here on Working, we're really focused on the creative process and craft and not as much on biography.

1:39.0

But I would be lying if I didn't say that his life story is part of what hooked me.

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