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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: Lonnie Holley is part of the wonder
Description: Lonnie Holley has dedicated his life to art, but his music career β as a recording artist at least β only started at the age of 62, decades after he became a sculptor displayed at the White House and collected by The Met, The Smithsonian, and the Art Gallery of NSW. He grew up in Jim Crow era Alabama and suffered a huge amount of abuse at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, which has always informed his art and his music. Β His first album came out in 2012 and his most recent, Oh Me Oh My, came out last year. Heβs back...