Oct 2, 2017
On the premiere episode of Heat Rocks, future soul artist Joi
Gilliam joins Morgan and Oliver to talk about They Say I'm
Different, the 1974 album by the unsung queen of funk, Betty
Davis!
It's really an obvious pairing: Betty Davis was one of the most
original and fascinating figures of the 1970s, and Joi is an artist
very much cut from Betty's cloth, but a generation later. We had a
super fun conversation about the importance and uniqueness of Betty
and what she's meant, especially, to waves of Black women artists
who've followed in her path in the 40+ years since.
Watch for Joi's new album, Rebekkah HolyLove Salvation
Symphony, this fall!