During segregation, North Tulsa and Greenwood was primarily Black and was called Little Africa. But it was home to one of the most prosperous Black communities in history, Black Wall Street.
And on May 31 and June 1, 1921, a white mob with the support of local law enforcement attacked, burning dozens of homes and buildings and killing an estimated 300 people.
Now 100 years later, a collective of Oklahoma hip-hop artists have released a commemorative project via Motown Records and Black Forum titled Fire in Little Africa.
We are the new Black Wall Street. We are descendants and non-descendants, but we all represent Black Wall Street.
This is No Cover, a production of KOSU and Oklahoma State University and hosted by Matthew Viriyapah.
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You can find the previous episode with Matt Heckler here.
With the way times are progressing, young people are just getting angrier and angrier. So you gotta learn three chords and you got someplace to put that anger. Punk music is a useful tool in society these days.
On going to Ireland and then touring with Flogging Molly
I was supposed to go to Ireland and then all of a sudden I get the Flogging Molly tour offer. So I went for five nights, and literally flew in, met Anthony, shot the video it was freezing cold.
While difficult, the pandemic was an unexpected blessing for North Carolina musician Matt Heckler. With the unexpected time and rest, he was able to record his latest album,
Blood, Water, Coal, which debuted at number three on the Bluegrass Billboard chart. But what he plays isn t exactly what you would call bluegrass.
Ask anyone around here if I m playing Appalachian old style, they ll say no. I have a very weird style.
This is No Cover, a production of KOSU and Oklahoma State University and hosted by Matthew Viriyapah.
Listen above to hear Matt Heckler talk about his style of folk music which takes influence from places like Ireland, Appalachia, and Romania, and also slowing down in the last year to self-record his latest album.
LCG & the X spent 18 months performing and working on their first album. But when they released their self-titled debut, it came out at the worst possible time March 2020, right as the pandemic became a reality for many of us. Morgan Hartman is the lead singer of the Oklahoma City rock band and recalls the day and what it has been like for the band since.
This is No Cover, a production of KOSU and Oklahoma State University and hosted by Matthew Viriyapah.
Listen above to hear Morgan Hartman talks about the album s release, writing a song based on
A Tale of Two Cities and what it s like to listen to those songs now.
No Cover is a music podcast from KOSU, focusing on musicians coming from Oklahoma and those just passing through. Join host Matthew Viriyapah as musicians tell stories of recording, touring and living as artists.
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