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Wrath: The Deadly Medley
In another installment of our Friday series "Seven Sins," we look at how the one of the so-called "deadly sins” have shaped music in every genre. Today: wrath. Plus: Langston Hughes sketched a soundtrack for his poem, "Ask Your Mama." A multimedia piece is making his idea a reality.
Seven Sins: Wrath
As part of our weekly series "Seven Sins: The Deadly Medley," we look at how wrath is manifested in music and lyrics. Washington Post pop music critic J. Freedom du Lac and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang (creator of such sinful-sounding works like "Cheating, Lying, Stealing") join us to show how a variety of genres express anger. Plus, we take your calls and comments.
Soundcheck blog: John Schaefer gets a little angry
List: David Lang's deadly medley
List: Josh du Lac's deadly medley
Ask Your Mama
Langston Hughes’ poem "Ask Your Mama" was published in 1961 and it was a mix of high culture and street talk on black life, music and culture. Hughes wrote an imaginary soundtrack in the margin of that poem and gave it the subtitle of "Twelve Moods for Jazz." Emmy Award-winning composer Laura Karpman joins us to talk about turning those notes into a multi-media piece in collaboration with soprano Jessye Norman and the hip-hop group The Roots.
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