The Bible and Music

This does not necessarily have a lot to do with the Bible part of this class, but I watching this TV talk show, and the host was interviewing a successful singer/songwriter from Puerto Rico, Residente (fun fact: Lin Manuel Miranda is his cousin). Anyway, they came upon the subject of authenticity which reminded me of the discussion we had a few classes ago. He talked about how it was important for him to make his music as authentic as possible. If he is inspired by a culture, he travels to that country, works with, and writes songs with the locals. He was explaining how important it was to him, authenticity, he said he can’t just sit around in a studio and make music from Africa in Puerto Rico – its not authentic. His new album which was released last week, was primarily inspired by African culture because he lived there for a few months and made some of his music with locals. He says he wants to completely immerse himself in the culture from which his music comes from. Anyway, I just thought this was really interesting here’s the interview:

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/rmvhhm/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-residente—bringing-authenticity-back-to-music-with–residente—-extended-interview