This week in the People’s Music, I look back at the Voices of East Harlem, a teen choir that showed us the power of joy as a form of protest, New York style.
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The Voices of East Harlem cast the full spectrum of emotion from Harlem life—the fear, anger, exhaustion, joy, and triumph—and refused to let anyone smother it into something safer for mainstream America. Their story matters, especially now.
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I dove deep into the life and career of Paul Pena, a blind singer-songwriter and guitarist originally from Cape Cod whose two albums are extraordinary documents of timeless originality—full of emotional honesty and musical honesty—but who is still largely unknown. His story is tragic and uplifting.
Today, #JimCroce’s music draws about 7 million monthly listeners on Spotify, more than many of the era’s biggest names. And yet Maury Muehleisen, the guitarist who helped shape his sound, remains largely unknown.
This is his story.
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Whenever I finish a deep dive into a subject or a person I love, I always get sad because I have to leave them. But I also feel fortunate to have gotten to enter their world for a little while. And I am better for it. Full story on Substack — link in bio.
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A blind musician, a shelved masterpiece, and the sound that changed everything
