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#ACFM Microdose: Jeremy Gilbert on Folk Music

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The African American Singer Song Writer, Tracy Chapman

tracy chapman is a really sort of intriguing phenomenon. A this african american woman singing the style of music which hasn't really been associated that much with black performers. And her most memorable song, yo, the one we should hear a a bit of, is talking about a revolution,. The chorus is just, poor people are going to rise up and take what's theirs mean? Thisis jus, you know, this is explicitly communist, sort of anthem. It's the absolute high point of raganism. You know, george bush is about to win the gent of the election. But as much as it seems, in some ways, ye, the music and

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