About this episode

The episode explores cultural appropriation in music, focusing on race and its implications through the lens of artists like Elvis and Eminem.

My late night adventures into the local jazz underworld have introduced me to some fascinating new friends, and I wanted to bring two of them into the Nostalgia Trap universe. Monte Montgomery and Alan Burgess are old pals whose frequent conversations often veer into the uncomfortable territories of race, culture and politics that will be familiar to Trap listeners. In this first episode in a series with Monte and Alan, we tackle the idea of "cultural appropriation" within the context of "race music," from Elvis to Eminem. Check out Monte's first appearance on Nostalgia Trap here. Subscribe to the Nostalgia Trap Patreon for access to our regular News Trap episodes and a whole world of bonus content: patreon.com/nostalgiatrap

People in this episode

Host: David Parsons

Guests: Alan Burgess, Monte Montgomery

Topics covered

• cultural appropriation
• race music
• jazz
• politics
• culture
• music history

Keywords

• cultural appropriation
• race music
• jazz
• Elvis
• Eminem
• politics
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Elvis

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