Today we launch the very first EARcast, part of an occasional series of podcasts and webcasts that are a feature of the new EAR 2.0! If you’re interested in being part of a future EARcast, please contact us.
Let Me Take You There
Published/distributed: Los Angeles: Keycan Records, © 2008
Publisher number: 88450104256
Performer: Cheryl Keyes
Archive Call Number: ARCD 7175
SEE ALSO EARcast no. 1: An Interview with Cheryl Keyes
In 1975, Smokey Robinson released an elegiac album and song entitled “A Quiet Storm” that became the basis for a new radio format by that name and which in turn influenced the development of a number of later styles of African American music such as smooth jazz and neo-soul. Targeted to a largely black, urban and adult audience, Quiet Storm music tends towards lush orchestrations, slower tempos, intimate themes, and impassioned yet restrained performances from instrumentalists and vocal stylists who draw from rhythm and blues, gospel, soul and jazz. Typically programmed in late-night time slots, these formats still thrive at a number of local and college-oriented radio stations in urban pockets across the country. The music appeals as much to lovers as to quiet evenings of personal reflection and welcome solitude, tends to be more sensual than sexual and is often as spiritual as it is soothing.
ANNOUNCEMENT
For the week of 15 – 19 December 2008, Archive access will be by appointment only. To request an appointment, please use our online appointment request form, or call 310.825.1695. The Archive will be closed from 22 December 2008 and will re-open on 5 January 2005.
Access Hours for Winter Quarter 2009
Monday … 10 am – 2 PM
Tuesday … CLOSED
Wednesday … 12 PM – 4 PM
Thursday … CLOSED
Friday … 10 am – 2 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT
Access Hours for the Week of 8 – 12 December 2008:
Monday 10 am – 1 PM
Tuesday 10 am – 1 PM
Wednesday 10 am – 1 PM
Thursday 10 am – 1 PM
Friday CLOSED
