Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for a conversation with blues singer April “Sexy Red” Jackson as she shares insights about the juke Joint culture. At one time juke joints dotted the rural countryside throughout the South.
They were typically just a sparsely-decorated front room of a sharecropper’s shack where friends congregated to sing the blues, dance the night away, and down a pint or two. Today less than five juke joints remain in business. We’ll then join Maxine Crump, CEO of Dialogue on Race Louisiana for insights about her mission and passion.
This show was originally broadcast April 18, 2019 and is reposted as a “best-of-the-best” podcast in celebration of Journeys of Discovery’s 30th anniversary producing on-air and digital media podcasts featured on KCBX and NPR One.
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