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Touring the history of Black music at MoPop's "Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music"

Upstairs at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, MoPop, right now you can take a trip through the musical genres and artists that trace the arc of Black history in America, from gospel foremothers like Rosetta Tharpe and Mahalia Jackson, to the soul songs of Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder.

The exhibit is called Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music.

Soundside host Libby Denkmann caught up with curator Adeerya Johnson for a tour of the exhibit.

GUEST: Adeerya Johnson, Associate Curator at MoPop

RELATED LINK: Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music | Museum of Pop Culture

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