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Rashod Ollison Presents Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, & Coming of Age Through Vinyl

In Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, & Coming of Age Through Vinyl, Rashod Ollison, award-winning pop music critic and culture journalist, describes how soul music sustained him during his formative years growing up in central Arkansas in the 1980s and 1990s.  He paints a vivid picture of a childhood in the housing projects of Hot Springs, where the neighbors on Omega Street are identified by their music (either the soulful blues of Denise LaSalle, the lively funk of Shalamar, or the romantic duets of Alexander O’Neal and Cherrell). Raised in an environment dominated by hardened single mothers and their children, Ollison experiences a world of “cold love, a no-bullshit love, a love redolent of vinegar without the slightest hint of sweetness,” and the only thing that helps him endure is music. “Music remained my cocoon,” he writes, “the place where I found the most coherence and delicious engagement.”

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When: Mon., Feb. 1, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Where: WORD
126 Franklin St.
718-383-0096
Price: Free
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In Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, & Coming of Age Through Vinyl, Rashod Ollison, award-winning pop music critic and culture journalist, describes how soul music sustained him during his formative years growing up in central Arkansas in the 1980s and 1990s.  He paints a vivid picture of a childhood in the housing projects of Hot Springs, where the neighbors on Omega Street are identified by their music (either the soulful blues of Denise LaSalle, the lively funk of Shalamar, or the romantic duets of Alexander O’Neal and Cherrell). Raised in an environment dominated by hardened single mothers and their children, Ollison experiences a world of “cold love, a no-bullshit love, a love redolent of vinegar without the slightest hint of sweetness,” and the only thing that helps him endure is music. “Music remained my cocoon,” he writes, “the place where I found the most coherence and delicious engagement.”

RSVP encouraged, but not required.

Buy tickets/get more info now