Episode 5 | Live in LA at 2220 Arts + Archives with Special Guest Harmony Holiday

2022-07-21

In this episode, MJTA hosts Melanie and Yunie are live in LA!!!! Recorded at the new performing arts venue, 2220 Arts + Archives with a special guest Author, Poet and Activist and Resident Programmer of 2220 Arts + Archives, Harmony Holiday. They celebrate Holiday’s most recent release of her book Maafa, and get deep into multiple topics about Harmony’s research and book on Abbey Lincoln, storytelling, censorship, sampling, and other masters such as Max Roach, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Mingus. If you missed out on this live experience back in April 2022, now’s a chance to catch the vibe here! Presented with support from Wi...

In this episode, MJTA hosts Melanie and Yunie are live in LA!!!! Recorded at the new performing arts venue, 2220 Arts + Archives with a special guest Author, Poet and Activist and Resident Programmer of 2220 Arts + Archives, Harmony Holiday. They celebrate Holiday’s most recent release of her book Maafa, and get deep into multiple topics about Harmony’s research and book on Abbey Lincoln, storytelling, censorship, sampling, and other masters such as Max Roach, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Mingus. If you missed out on this live experience back in April 2022, now’s a chance to catch the vibe here!

Presented with support from Winter Jazz Fest

Recorded Live on April 19, 2022 at 2220 Arts + Archives | 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

Follow Melanie Charles: @melaniecharlesisdflower | melaniecharles.com

Follow Yunie Mojica: @Yuniemo

ind out more about 2220 Arts + Archives: https://www.2220arts.org/

Follow and Find Harmony Holiday Here:

Twitter: @Harmony_Holiday

Bio: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/harmony-holiday

Purchase the book "Maafa" by Harmony Holiday

Harmony's LA Times Article on Sun Ra: May the ghost of Sun Ra return to lift the 50-year curse he cast on Los Angeles

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