Dr. Tricia Rose sheds light on the contemporary vitality of the Blues.

 

Dr. Tricia Rose is a Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University.  She is an accomplished author, a respected social critic and intellectual, and a highly sought after public speaker.

 

In this Blues for Smoke webisode, Professor Rose shares her analysis of the contemporary socio-cultural vitality of the Blues, arguing that the Blues is an evergreen sensibility that needs no specific time or place in order to maintain its relevance.  With professorial wit, she also links the Blues to the modern-day comic, stating that the tragi-comic nature of the Blues has the power to help the listener psychologically distance oneself from the physicality of a given tragedy or catastrophic circumstance.  

 

Talent: Dr. Tricia Rose

Location: Eso Won Books

Producers: Jeremy Berry & Eugenia Marshall

Director: Eugenia Marshall and Nikita Adams

Editor: Travon Brumfield

Camera: Willie Mayes

 

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