Episode 23

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10th Jan 2022

Butterflies Over Broadway (w/Janinah Burnett)

Happy New Year, Scorekeepers! Our Sagittarius Season Sabbatical is officially over, so we're back, back, back again with a brand new episode for a brand new year! This week, we're honored to be joined by the incomparable, legendary Janinah Burnett! Broadway actress, Metropolitan Opera performer, teacher, advocate, what can't she do? The list of her accomplishments goes on and on, plus she's lovely and hilarious! Join us for a chat about her illustrious career, growing up around the greats of jazz, her advice for young Black artists, and she'll tell us all about her new album Love the Color of Your Butterfly!

Also, unfortunately, Lee can't be with us for the whole show this time around, but that means Paige and Rocky get to catch up with dear friend, Frankie Charles, and talk all about their hopes and fears for 2022. And perhaps make a resolution or two? What's your resolution? Let us know!

And then we'll end the show with a bit of Pure Black Joy, because there is some, we promise. It's January in Minnesota and we are decidedly inside, so this week's offerings are all about what we're watching and they include Issa Rae, Selling Tampa, The Harder They Fall, and Rocky puts a period on the end of Michelle Young's season of The Bachelorette. Let's do it to it, y'all!

Hosts: Lee Bynum, Frankie Charles, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds

Guest: Janinah Burnett

Links

Janinah Burnett (Website)

Love the Color of Your Butterfly available on ALL platforms! (Listen Now)

Catch Janinah Burnett in "New Year, New World" Jan. 15 at Toledo Symphony (Buy Tickets)

"FUN 3 Mile Walk/Dance workout with @KeairaLaShae" (YouTube)

Black Garnet Books (Website)

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The Score
News and commentary about opera, classical music, and pop culture seen through an antiracist and anti-oppressive lens
It's time to put opera on game! Hosts Lee Bynum, Paige Reynolds, and Rocky Jones are three Black and queer artists, pop culture aficionados, and arts administrators at Minnesota Opera, who are working every day to bring more diversity, equity, and inclusivity into opera and classical music. The Score is their provocative, thoughtful, and humorous commentary on the industry's past, present, and future, as seen through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens. Each episode features a variety of stories from a variety of perspectives that bring People of the Global Majority, queer, trans and nonbinary folks, and everyone else into the discussion of ownership over and access to the art form. From the opera house to the statehouse to your house, each episode will amplify the voices of those in the field who are pushing the boundaries of what opera is, who it is for, and how it can transform us and our communities. New episodes come out every other Wednesday!