Song Stories

Carina Anderson on “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson (1982)


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Where biographical writing often follows a chronological progression, Carina Anderson’s brilliant podcast approaches the question of how Jackson expresses himself through his music by focusing closely on specific lyrics, sounds, and instruments as vehicles for her complex and engaging discussions of the frenetic line that Jackson walks in his relationship to his race, gender, childhood, and sociality.

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Song StoriesBy American Roots Music, UVa Fall 2019

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