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Beyond the Beat: Dr. Umi Vaughan on Black Music, Cultural Survival and the Fight to Keep Oakland’s Music Scene Alive
On a recent edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Oakland-born musician, scholar and author Dr. Umi Vaughan for a wide-ranging conversation about African diasporic music, cultural preservation and the growing struggle to sustain independent music spaces in the Bay Area.
Vaughan, co-author of Silencing the Drum: Religious Racism and Afro-Brazilian Sacred Music, introduced his musical project, Gringo Magia, which blends Oakland’s musical traditions with rhythms from Brazil, Cuba and other parts of the African diaspora.
The project grew out of Vaughan’s travels throughout Latin…
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