Writer, director, and poet Raven Jackson’s debut feature film, “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” follows one woman, Mack (Kaylee Nicole Johnson), through different stages of her life in rural Mississippi over a fifty year period. The New York Times says the movie “announces the arrival of a filmmaker grounded in the lyrical beauty of her characters,” and Jackson joins us to discuss. “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” is in select theaters now.
Have you noticed an uptick in bad subway behavior post COVID? People taking up seats, bringing enormous dogs on, not taking backpacks off? You’re not alone. NYT transit reporter Ana Ley joins to discuss her latest article “Does Anyone Know How to Behave on the Subway Anymore?” and we take listener calls about their own rules for subway behavior.
On November 19, Carnegie Hall will host, “Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s,” an event celebrating the place and time in music, curated by The Bongos frontman Richard Barone, featuring José Feliciano, Eric Andersen, Vernon Reid, and more musicians. Barone is also the author of a new book of the same name which details that moment in musical history. He joins us to discuss.
James Blunt recorded “You’re Beautiful” for his debut album in 2003, released it the following year, and by 2006 it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. (The song stayed on the charts for a total of 38 weeks.) Twenty years later, he looks back on his past in two new projects: his seventh album, Who We Used to Be; and the book, Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story: A Non-Memoir. Blunt joins us.
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