“In Conversation with Ideas” with Guthrie Ramsey (GWTW637)

What would you discover about yourself if you reexamined a significant portion of your career? Today’s guest on Getting Work To Work recently collected and edited 25 years of essays into a collection called Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present. Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. has many talents and interests: a musiqologist, professor, writer, pianist, composer, producer, podcaster, and filmmaker. In our conversation, he shares lessons learned from examining his past and how he continually weaves between interests and ideas. Guthrie talks a lot about collaboration and being open to others, the cycle of dream-plan-execute in creating new things, and how he is in constant dialogue between what he’s collected and what he’s experiencing now. Show Links Guthrie Ramsey Musiqology Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present by Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. Dr. Guy’s Musiqology on Spotify Brandee Younger Alice Coltrane on Spotify Dr. Kellie Jones Alicia Olatuja WBGO WRTI Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions by Francesca T. Royster Photo by Ebuen Clemente Jr on Unsplash