On this episode of Arts & Letters , we talk with Hot Springs, Arkansas native Rashod Ollison . His memoir, Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues, & Coming of Age Through Vinyl , was published by Beacon Press in 2016. Growing up in Hot Springs and Little Rock in the 1980’s and 1990’s, Rashod Ollison experienced a world of “cold love, redolent of vinegar, without the slightest hint of sweetness.” And the only thing that helped him endure was music. Nicknamed “Dusty” by his family, in his memoir