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Fred Moten & Harmony Holiday on the Sounds of Friendship


Fred Moten & Harmony Holiday on the Sounds of Friendship
In the latest episode of 
frieze’s Autumn Sessions, the two play and discuss records that embody their friendship 
It’s getting colder in much of the world, with winter weather and COVID-19 lockdowns making it harder to get out and see friends. For the third and final episode of 
frieze’s Autumn Sessions, poet, scholar and cultural theorist Fred Moten and poet, performer and jazz archivist Harmony Holiday discussed the textures of friendship in their favourite music, from Charlie Parker’s
Just Friends (1949) to Erykah Badu’s
Love of My Life (An Ode to Hi-Hop) (2002). The two friends considered what the bonds between musicians might tell us about inspiration and creative exchange. Many of the recordings they played were love songs, an important reminder of what constitutes the core of lasting friendships. We could all use more of that now. ....

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