Radio review: Black is a Country

Erykah Badu's mesmeric voice and a superb production made for a gorgeously composed listenYou felt for Winifred Robinson, presenting You and Yours straight after Black is a Country (Radio 4). Nobody could really follow Erykah Badu's hypnotic voice as she introduced this excellent survey of underground music inspired by the 60s Black Power and Black Arts movements.Everything she said – even just a contributor's name – was sultry, smooth, hip, rhythmic and slick, with fantastically emphatic pr...

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