Amplify with Lara Downes
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"Amplify with Lara Downes" eavesdrops on convivial conversations with today’s leading Black artists.
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Denyce Graves’ “mama bear” energy is changing the world through music | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Words, sounds and the art of listening with Aja Monet | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Conductor Jonathon Heyward keeps breaking classical music barriers
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Conductor Thomas Wilkins asks orchestras to ‘jump off a cliff’ with him
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Countertenor John Holiday isn't trying to make you love him | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Brittney Spencer brings her culture to country music | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Moments of Enlightenment with Broadway’s Brian Stokes Mitchell | Amplify with Lara Downes
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The genre-busting world of keyboardist Robert Glasper | Amplify with Lara Downes
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The curious mind – and hard work – of bassist Christian McBride | Amplify with Lara Downes
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How Corinne Bailey Rae and Theaster Gates are preserving Black culture | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Allison Russell’s transformative community of music makers | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Linguist John McWhorter views American music through a wide lens | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Samora Pinderhughes promotes healing one day at a time | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Pianist Gerald Clayton’s open-hearted dialogue across genres | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Chef Kwame Onwuachi wants everyone to have a seat at his table | Amplify with Lara Downes
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Terence Blanchard talks about his journey to making history at the Met with Lara Downes | Amplify
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Jessie Montgomery talks composing from a place of self-honor with Lara Downes | Amplify
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‘This music is alive’: Grammy-winner Samara Joy talks with Lara Downes | Amplify
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Ledisi
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Camille A. Brown
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Will Liverman
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Randall Goosby
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Wynton Marsalis
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Carl Rux
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Esperanza Spalding
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Regina Carter
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Rita Dove
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Kris Bowers
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Jon Batiste
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Davóne Tines
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Julia Bullock
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Helga Davis
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Anthony McGill
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Amplify with Lara Downes: Rhiannon Giddens
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