Show Notes
We Were Here is a reclamation of rock’n’roll for the Black artists who tore up and re-wrote its rules, by Big Joanie guitarist Stephanie Phillips. It promises to rip up our received history of rock’n’roll and alternative music and repopulate it with the extraordinary Black artists and influential figures who truly steered its course from the 1930s to the present day, including vital figures like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Little Richard, Poly Styrene and beyond. Stephanie is joined in conversation with musician Jessica Kempson.
Recorded live at the Talking Shop.
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