Talking Culture: Nnenna Freelon, Going ‘Beneath the Skin of Sorrow’
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Welcome to Talking Culture! In this weekly interview series from 97.9 The Hill WCHL, you’ll hear from writers, performers, musicians and individuals involved in advancing and promoting cultural arts in our community.
This week, Aaron welcomes legendary jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, a seven-time Grammy nominee – and now an author, with a new memoir called “Beneath the Skin of Sorrow: Improvisations on Loss.” It’s about Freelon’s own experience with grief, following the deaths of her husband Phil and her sister Debbie within a few months of each other – and how the lessons of jazz music and the creative life have helped her cope.
Visit Nnenna.com for more on Nnenna Freelon and “Beneath the Skin of Sorrow.”
The book is out now, from Duke University Press, and Duke’s Nasher Art Museum is hosting an evening with Freelon on Thursday, October 23, from 6-8 p.m.
Click here for more on Thursday’s event.
97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.
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