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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 – as a recording artist at least – 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. His first album came out in 2012 and his most recent, Oh Me Oh My, came out last year. He’s back...